> On 14 Nov 2024, at 19:35, Keith McKay wrote:
>
> In last night's ConTeXt meeting there was a discussion on the use of vertical
> or slanted double primes for inches. The general consensus was that slanted
> should be used.
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend but, if it helps, here’s an ex
On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 19:35 (+), Keith McKay wrote:
> In last night's ConTeXt meeting there was a discussion on the use of
> vertical or slanted double primes for inches. The general consensus was that
> slanted should be used.
> I had a look in my copy of The Elements of Typographic Style
In last night's ConTeXt meeting there was a discussion on the use of
vertical or slanted double primes for inches. The general consensus was
that slanted should be used.
I had a look in my copy of The Elements of Typographic Style version
3.0 by Richard Bringhurst and he says (page 307]:
"D
On 11/13/2024 11:03 AM, Marco Patzer wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:30:15 +0100
Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
\unit{2 arcsecond}
Arcseconds might print the correct glyph, but would be semantically
wrong. I believe the correct approach would be:
\unit{2 inch}
The question then remains how to c
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:30:15 +0100
Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> \unit{2 arcsecond}
Arcseconds might print the correct glyph, but would be semantically
wrong. I believe the correct approach would be:
\unit{2 inch}
The question then remains how to configure \unit{2 inch} to produce
(depending on
On 11/12/2024 7:52 AM, Mikael Sundqvist wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 12:20 AM Jim wrote:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 23:36 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 22:49:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 21:30 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 07:52 (+0100), Mikael Sundqvist wrote:
> Hi,
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 12:20 AM Jim wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 23:36 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>> Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 22:49:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 21:30 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>
Hi,
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 12:20 AM Jim wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 23:36 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
> > Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 22:49:
> >> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 21:30 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
> >>> Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 19:34:
> >>> > Hi,
> >>> >
> >>>
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 23:36 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 22:49:
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 21:30 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>> Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 19:34:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I would expect (*cough*)
>>> >
>>> > \starttext
>>> > 2\inch
>>>
Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 22:49:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 21:30 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 19:34:
Hi,
I would expect (*cough*)
>
\starttext
2\inch
\stoptext
to output something like
2"
with some appropriate typographic symbols following the 2. Inste
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 21:30 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 19:34:
>> Hi,
>> I would expect (*cough*)
>> \starttext
>> 2\inch
>> \stoptext
>> to output something like
>> 2"
>> with some appropriate typographic symbols following the 2. Instead, I get
>> a 2
Jim schrieb am 11.11.2024 um 19:34:
Hi,
I would expect (*cough*)
\starttext
2\inch
\stoptext
to output something like
2"
with some appropriate typographic symbols following the 2. Instead, I get
a 2 with a large prime symbol down lower than a prime symbol should be, and
then a second prime
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