[pdftex] char protruding

Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl
Fri May 4 15:43:15 CEST 2001


At 10:11 PM 4/28/01 +0200, Carsten Schurig wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've got a new "problem" concerning the char protruding feature.
>I'm using SIunits.sty and there is at one point an 180° at the end
>of the line. And I think the degree should poke into the margin.
>
>But I don't know how to get this -- even worse: is it possible to
>make an automated protruding for such a construct? The degree of
>SIunits is defined as follows:
>        \ensuremath{^{\circ}}

You explicitly have to set up the font that provides the degrees symbol to
let that symbol to stick into the margin (the latest pdftex relates the
factor to 1em so some calculations are needed to set the max value). Of
course math thingies can get into the way. 

Hans 
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