Re: Kerning?

[TBaehr@xxxxxxxx]

Jack Schwartz wrote me:

≪I have Xy4.017, and I note that in style commands,
font sizes have two numbers. The first acts as always and sets the height
of the characters. The second, while usually nominally the same, seems to
set the horizontal spacing used to compute line lengths, carriage return
positions, etc. If this is so, might it not be useable together with the
PI symbol idea to "inform XyWrite" of the true length of a line if this
second font size number is used, and properly chosen to go along with the
PI insert that actually spaces the characters?≫

The second number in SZ sets character width, not just spacing. It can be
useful in faking an expanded or compressed font. I use it in my Small Caps
routine in the Enhanced menus to "fatten" smaller capital letters so that the
faked small caps look more like real ones.

Tim Baehr
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