letter-spacing attribute was excactly what I needed. Settled for 0.03em for
8pt Arial in the tables.
Thank you :)
Bergfrid
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Bob Stayton <
bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I doubt if kerning will have much effect, since it only adjusts spacing
> between certains pairs of characters. In this case, I think you mean
> tracking, which is the general horizontal spacing between characters (also
> called letter-spacing).
>
> You can use the 'letter-spacing' attribute in XSL-FO to adjust that. Since
> this property is inherited, you can set this property in the DocBook
> table.table.properties attribute-set, something like this:
>
> <xsl:attribute-set name="table.table.properties">
> <xsl:attribute name="letter-spacing">0.02em</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
>
> Its value is added to the normal spacing between characters. A positive
> value spreads the text, and a negative value compacts the text.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
>
bobs@sagehill.net>
>
> On 5/14/2014 11:42 PM, Bergfrid Skaara wrote:
>
>> After switching font from Verdana to Arial (company policy), we have
>> gotten
>> feedback that the 8pt text in tables is too tightly kerned and a bit hard
>> to read. Increasing the font size is not an option due to space issues.
>>
>> Is it possible to customize kerning beyond flipping the kerning attribute
>> in the font config file to yes/no?
>>
>> We have both FOP1.1 and XEP4.22 in the tool chain and need the
>> customization for both.
>>
>> Bergfrid
>>
>>