[OS X TeX] Typesetting "April 9th, 2005" with proper kerning
Maarten Sneep
maarten.sneep at xs4all.nl
Wed Mar 2 09:29:27 CET 2005
On 2 mrt 2005, at 5:25, Doug Fields wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> In my LaTeX document I use this sort of construction here and there:
>
> April 9\textsuperscript{th}, 2005
>
> Unfortunately, when typeset, this looks horrible, because the comma is
> sitting way out in the middle of nowhere.
you could try to add a kern
April 9\textsuperscript{th}\kern-0.3em,\kern0.2em 2005
(first remove some space to tuck the comma in, then add some air before
2005.)
The alternative is of course to with ninth in full.
Maarten
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