Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros

[Peter Schaffter]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018, Holger Herrlich wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:24:39 -0400
> > Peter Schaffter <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > set and change every applicable type parameter: family, font, size,
> > colour, leading, spacing, indent, quad, fill, and vertical
> > placement.
> > 
> > In other words, mom expands creative options rather than limiting
> > them.  That's the whole point.
> 
> Font height \H'' missing.

I'm not sure what you're saying.  That \H'' functionality is
missing from the mom macros?  It's there.  Raising or lowering
font height (Y-axis) has the corresponding effect of condensing or
expanding (X-axis).  Mom exploits the latter and uses \H'' to create
pseudo-condensed and pseudo-expanded font effects, invoked inline
with \*[CONDENSE] or \*[EXPAND].

Nothing prevents using \H'' itself if, conceptually, you prefer to
think of the type deformation as stretching/squashing vertically
rather than horizontally.

I may be misunderstanind what you're saying, though.

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Peter Schaffter
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