bugGNU troff - Bugs: bug #44716, Kerning is missing for quotesingle

 
 

bug #44716: Kerning is missing for quotesingle

Submitted by:  Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Submitted on:  Fri 03 Apr 2015 08:20:51 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: WishlistStatus: Invalid
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Open/Closed: ClosedPlanned Release: None

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Tue 07 Apr 2015 07:40:11 PM UTC, comment #4:

OK, closing.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
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Tue 07 Apr 2015 07:36:19 PM UTC, comment #3:

For some unknown reason, Bjarni's last comment doesn't appear here, thus resending.


There is no sense in applying automatic kerning corrections if something is between the characters. So manual corrections break nothing.

'Quotesingle' and "quotedbl" are glyphs for nondirectional quotation marks and therefore not used in the usual (classic) typesetting of text.

These glyphs are only (primarily) used when printing computer code (ASCII) and then usually used with a constant-width fonts (e.g. COURIER), where kerning is not used (needed).

So I think now, that no additional kerning information is needed for these nondirectional quotation-characters, if they are used "correctly".

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
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Tue 07 Apr 2015 06:39:22 PM UTC, comment #2:
Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Sat 04 Apr 2015 05:17:22 AM UTC, comment #1:

Thanks. Changed category to `wishlist'.

However, I think it would be a bad change that in general, since it would break reprocessing of all documents that apply a manual correction for `quotesingle'. A better way would be to create a small macro package that adds such kerning info on demand. I know that this is not possible currently with groff, though.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
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Fri 03 Apr 2015 08:20:51 PM UTC, original submission:
Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>

 

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file #33522:  reportbug.groff.kerning.aq added by bjarniig (770B - application/octet-stream)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 07 Apr 2015 07:40:11 PM UTCwlStatusNone=>Invalid
      Assigned toNone=>wl
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sat 04 Apr 2015 05:17:22 AM UTCwlItem GroupNone=>Wishlist
      SummaryKerning is missing for singlequote=>Kerning is missing for quotesingle
    Fri 03 Apr 2015 08:20:51 PM UTCbjarniigAttached File-=>Added reportbug.groff.kerning.aq, #33522

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