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Re: Immoral use of \fontdimen1 in mathematics.



On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:36:34 +0200 (MET DST), Stefano Frabetti wrote:

>I need a macro to typeset section
>titles like this
>     s e c t i o n  t i t l e

>From Norbert Schwarz's book "Einf\"uhrung in TeX", 1st ed., p.115 
(in german language):

\def\sperr#1{\SperrRest#1\endlist}
\def\endlist{\endlist}
\def\SperrRest{\afterassignment\SperrZeichen\let\next= }
\def\SperrZeichen{%
    \ifx\next\endlist
        \let\next\relax\\kern-0.25em
    \else
        \next\kern0.25em \let\next\SperrRest
    \fi
    \next}

Usage:

\sperr{Abcd} will result in  A b c d

I don't know how this will handle accents and symbols :-(
At least it does not require any special fonts.

Greetings

Walter

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