[cl-typesetting-devel] *use-exact-char-boxes*

[Dmitriy Ivanov]

"Marc Battyani" <marc.battyani at fractalconcept.com> wrote:

| >>> What is the difference from the previous one?
| >>
| >> Lines with small characters like "aaa.." don't have the same spacing
| >> as the lines with "Ap..." and this is not good for normal text.
|>
|> I see. And it is unlikely easy to improve :-(.
|
| Improve? Well it is designed for that so it is ok IMO ;-)
|
| In fact, the only bug is the character descent missing in the first
| table.
|...snip...|

I see another unpleasant effect of embedding the leading into every
character box. Please try the before mentioned example with leading-ration
2. The distance between lines does increase. But it also implies the
increase between the last text line and the bottom border of the cell! The
extra vertical space may be quite reasonable in tables with several rows but
is not convenient in forms where you draw a lot of separate fields with text
delineated by a rectangle.
--
Sincerely,
Dmitriy Ivanov
lisp.ystok.ru