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From: langz@asylum.SF.CA.US (Lang Zerner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Frame questions
Message-ID: <7954@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Date: 24 Oct 89 18:08:03 GMT
References: <9977@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: langz@asylum.UUCP (Lang Zerner)
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In article <9977@pucc.Princeton.EDU> FUCHS@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:
>Can someone who has used Frame (and maybe even seen the documentation) answer
>any of these questions?

I can't answer with certainty your first, second and fourth questions, but...

>3. Does Frame support variable kerning? That is can I select a piece of text
>(part of a word, part of a sentence, etc.) and ask Frame to "tighten it up",
>a little, a lot, or whatever?

Frame has excellent kerning control.  There are keyboard shortcuts for really
tiny movements, but in general I have found the Point Spread item in the Fonts
requestor to be sufficient.  Here's how it works:

1. Highlight the text whose spacing you wish to alter (can be as little as one
   character).

2. Bring up the Fonts requestor, either through the menu or with ESC-f.

3. Click in the Point Spread entry field.

4. Enter your desired point spread.

The point spread is an offset applied to inter-character spacing in the
selected region.  It can be positive (letters spaced more widely), negative
(tightened up), or zero (default spacing).  I don't know if you can use
fractional amounts, since integral spacing adjustments have been sufficient for
my needs to date.
-- 
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--Lang Zerner
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