[cl-typesetting-devel] Kerning question: hbox vs. paragraph

[Marc Battyani]

"Peter Heslin" <pj at heslin.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 11:50:32AM +0100, Marc Battyani wrote:
> > No. hbox and vbox are the raw level objects and should normally not be used in normal
> > usage.
>
> Thanks for the clarification.  So should the paragraph macro be used
> to typeset *all* text if you want proper kerning, even if it's just a
> couple of words?

Yes. Or you have to do things like adding flexible glue at the end, etc.

> I noticed this issue when I was setting a header
> line, and I used hbox, because a single line of a few words of text
> didn't seem like a paragraph to me.  Or is there some other macro to
> use in that situation?

You can make a simplified macro inspired by paragraph or expanding into a paragraph if you
want. I often do that.

Marc