Re: [Groff] rationale for italic correction mechanism?

[Dave Kemper]

On 11/11/13, Denis M. Wilson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Kerning applies to glyphs from the same face, but italic correction
> applies to glyphs from different faces for which there are no tables.
> Usually (but probably not always) the latter is between words and
> punctuation, but the amount is an intelligent guess.

So does Heirloom troff's implementation work by using newly created
tables akin to the ones for kerning?  Or does it use an algorithm to
generate an intelligent guess?

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