Hello,
In French typography, roman numerals are usually typeset being connected
with a top bar and a lower bar, at least when it comes to century
numbers (should be also small caps, something I discovered today). Since
I am not sure my vocabulary suits to this reality, you can see a sample
looking at photos displayed in this online article
https://fr.cultura10.com/r%C3%A8gles-d%27%C3%A9criture-des-nombres-romains/
I have been simulating this with kerning for several years, but I
recently switched from Latin Modern Sans to Luciole (both 24pt) for my
presentations and I have to redesign this issue. So it is a good
opportunity to find some a better alternative than stuff like
\def\III{{\rm I\kern -1.3pt I\kern -1.3pt I}}, working at the font level
or with a ConTeXt built-in macro.
Several questions:
1) Is this already implemented in ConTeXt (I don't have time to reinvent
the wheel once more)? The sample I looked at in the \Romannumeral wiki
page doesn't implement this, but they may be alternative I am not aware
of.
2) If it isn't, I think the best way would be to add a font extension,
using hits given by Hans in the 11th meeting proceedings. However, what
would be the best idea: playing with kerning, or with ligatures?
Thanks for your advices,
Damien Thiriet
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