[XeTeX] WordSpace in SizeFeatures

[Vadim Radionov]

Hi, Will,

In my case I simply add \addfontfeature{WordSpace={N}} to the
definition of, say, \footnotesize. But I think it worth mentioning in
the manual that inter-word space cannot be set with SizeFeatures.
Thank you!

Vadim



On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Will Robertson <wspr81 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2010-10-27 22:11:47 +1030, Vadim Radionov <vadim.radionov at gmail.com>
> said:
>
>> Is it possible to set different interword space for different font
>> sizes?
>> SizeFeatures={
>> {Size=-10,LetterSpace=-10,WordSpace={20,1,1}},
>> {Size=10-,WordSpace={1.1,1,1}}}
>
> I am afraid that this is a limitation in LaTeX's font selection mechanism
> (although not in TeX itself).
>
> If you need to change the inter-word space locally, you can use the
> \spaceskip and \xspaceskip commands (see TeX by Topic §20.3).
>
> I should document all this in fontspec itself. I've added a note to do so
> for the next release.
>
> Cheers,
> Will
>
>
>
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