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Em Dash Prints Too Close To Adjoining Charact
DocumentID: 636363
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:04:12 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer is using WordPerfect character 4,34 (em dash), but with the Bitstream font selected, the em dash prints too close to the adjoining characters. To correct this, the customer places Advance codes in the following order.
[ISRt][AdvRgt:0.01"][em dash][AdvRgt:0.01][ISRt]
This works fine until they fall at the end of a line, at which time they will overprint instead of breaking on the soft return. Solutions: Since the size of the space is based on the current point size, the user worked around the problem by creating a font that she could use for her space width. Since she was already using a .01" text advancement, she created a 2.16pt font. The space width is one-third the point size. 2.16 points is about .03", therefore, one-third of 2.16pt is .01". The code would then be - [Font: 2.16pt] [Font: Dutch 10pt][em dash][Font: 2.16pt] [Font: Dutch 10pt]. Since she was using Bitstream, she only needed to use that program to create another font. The problem with using an Advance:Right code is that when used near the end of a line, you can have overprinting problems.

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