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Re: [Groff] holistic widow elimination


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] holistic widow elimination
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:26:04 +0100 (CET)

>> All his ideas (or rather, Hermann Zapf's ideas) have been
>> implemented in pdfTeX.  However, this still doesn't solve the
>> original issue discussed in this thread.
> 
> They are also implemented in Heirloom Troff, which I've used for the
> thesis of my wife, and which I'm still using for mine.

Yes.  It's probably heretic to say but for serious typography Heirloom
troff offers much more possibilities.

> As we're talking about that, could we find some way to get someone
> working on an implementation of these ideas in groff, via a google
> summer of code, a call to donation, or something else?  Would you be
> interested to work on that Werner?  Is there a way to help?

Alas, I don't have time to do that (and admittedly, I also lack some
drive currently to invest time into groff).  My current work is
concentrated on ttfautohint, FreeType, and LilyPond.


    Werner



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