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"PeterMcC" wrote in message
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LeroyLi wrote in
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On Nov 3, 7:08 pm, "PeterMcC" wrote:
The width of the space is defined in the font.
Worth a
look:http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...pec/spaces.htm
Or did you mean the algo for inserting additional space for
justification?
Thanks for your replying.
I mean that in different lines, word spaces are different. e.g. some
lines may have wide space because the last word is too long to be
include in, but in some lines the space seems narrow.
even in the same line, the space is different depending on the prior
and followed letters. This is very different from Tex, which renders a
nearly same spaces.
I need to how word determine this difference.
Is this defined in the font?
Thanks again
You're welcome.
It sounds as though you are talking about the spacing inserted for
justification. The simple (simplistic?) answer is to turn off the
justification. Tex certainly uses the addition of white space to generate
justified text though you can set it to violate the justification for
words
that exceed the required line length but where you don't want the word to
break.
Having said that, typesetters will tell you that the Tex justification
algo
is a proper and robust method for the handling of the additional white
space
whilst Word's algo is less robust but considered, by Microsoft, to be good
enough for office use.
You can get Word to justify with greater finesse by choosing Tools
Options
Compatibility Do full justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows.
And you could speculate on why an improved justification algo should be an
option rather than the default.
If it's a matter of wanting to make a specific line or two look better
because there are obvious insertions of white space, you can often make a
significant difference to the justification, without it being obvious to
the
reader, by changing the character spacing for the text on that line.
Format Font Character spacing - I wouldn't go to more than plus or
minus
10%
That's OK for the odd line but you wouldn't want to tidy up a long
document
that way.
HTH
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