Re: [groff] Fonts, PDF images, groff vs. heirloom troff

[Roy Fisher]

Hi Pierre-Jean,

On 1/27/19 8:43 AM, Pierre-Jean Fichet wrote:
> As far as I remember, on some paragraphs, the inter-word space is not
> regular, ie too high on some lines, which is not as pretty as it should
> be. That was years ago, when I was still using heirloom before switching
> to neatroff.
 I agree.  32-bit Heirloom and the older versions of n-t-roff did have 
that characteristic.

The changes that resulted from issue #22 were incorporated into n-t-roff 
last year, and it can now produce paragraphs as good as those of the 
leading commercial application, at least in my (possibly slightly 
biased) opinion.  So, if you do decide to revisit n-t-roff and try out 
those new features, I think you might be pleasantly surprised.  And if 
you find something that is odd or strange about them, please post it in 
#22 and I'll look into it.

It still uses output-line traps, though, which sounds like a 
deal-breaker for you.  Output-line traps can be more intricate, but they 
do allow full-paragraph optimization instead of forcing sub-paragraph 
optimization.

Regards,
Roy