[XeTeX] Underline thickness and position for Type1

[Yannis Haralambous]

I have used underlining in critical editions for various reasons. I  
used underlin.sty which works great (it allows hyphenation and  
underlines interword spaces).

I would like to react to what I think you're saying. Are you saying  
that each font should have its own underline width and depth?

I'm not sure this is a good choice. I wouldn't a word in bold to have  
a heavier and deeper underline than a word in plain style next to it.  
I would prefer to have the same underline parameters for a give font  
size, regardless of the font.

Of course it would be only fair to let the font designer specify what  
(s)he considers as the ideal width and depth, so maybe a good  
compromise would be to take the parameters of the dominant font and  
apply them to all fonts.

What do you think?

Le 16 mai 09 à 17:46, Pander a écrit :

> However, an optional parameter could be set when selecting a font. By
> default the current behaviour(=always the same) for backwards
> comparability is an option. Or by default the new  
> situation(=dictated by
> the font), in order to promote this new feature, would be a wise
> starting point.