create `unstable/typography`

pull/110/head
Matthew Butterick 9 years ago
parent 4f146fd755
commit 025a4a8b76

@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
(require "setup.rkt"
"private/whitespace.rkt")
(require "unstable/mb.rkt")
(provide (all-from-out "unstable/mb.rkt"))
(require "unstable/typography.rkt")
(provide (all-from-out "unstable/typography.rkt"))
(define (->list/tx x)
;; same as ->list but catches special case of single txexpr,

@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
#lang racket/base
(require pollen/unstable/mb)
(require pollen/unstable/typography)
(provide smart-quotes smart-dashes)

@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
#lang scribble/manual
@(require scribble/eval pollen/decode pollen/setup txexpr (for-label txexpr racket (except-in pollen #%module-begin)))
@(define my-eval (make-base-eval))
@(my-eval `(require pollen pollen/unstable/pygments))
@(require "mb-tools.rkt")
@title{TypogrPHY}
@defmodule[pollen/unstable/typography]
A few t
@defproc[
(smart-quotes
[str string?])
string?]
Convert straight quotes in @racket[_str] to curly according to American English conventions.
@examples[#:eval my-eval
(define tricky-string
"\"Why,\" she could've asked, \"are we in Oahu watching 'Mame'?\"")
(display tricky-string)
(display (smart-quotes tricky-string))
]
@defproc[
(smart-dashes
[str string?])
string?]
In @racket[_str], convert three hyphens to an em dash, and two hyphens to an en dash, and remove surrounding spaces.
@examples[#:eval my-eval
(define tricky-string "I had a few --- OK, like 6--8 --- thin mints.")
(display tricky-string)
(display (smart-dashes tricky-string))
(code:comment @#,t{Monospaced font not great for showing dashes, but you get the idea})
]
@defproc[
(wrap-hanging-quotes
[tx txexpr?]
[#:single-preprend single-preprender txexpr-tag? 'squo]
[#:double-preprend double-preprender txexpr-tag? 'dquo]
)
txexpr?]
Find single or double quote marks at the beginning of @racket[_tx] and wrap them in an X-expression with the tag @racket[_single-preprender] or @racket[_double-preprender], respectively. The default values are @racket['squo] and @racket['dquo].
@examples[#:eval my-eval
(wrap-hanging-quotes '(p "No quote to hang."))
(wrap-hanging-quotes '(p "“What? We need to hang quotes?”"))
]
In pro typography, quotation marks at the beginning of a line or paragraph are often shifted into the margin slightly to make them appear more optically aligned with the left edge of the text. With a reflowable layout model like HTML, you don't know where your line breaks will be.
This function will simply insert the @racket['squo] and @racket['dquo] tags, which provide hooks that let you do the actual hanging via CSS, like so (actual measurement can be refined to taste):
@verbatim{squo {margin-left: -0.25em;}
dquo {margin-left: -0.50em;}
}
Be warned: there are many edge cases this function does not handle well.
@examples[#:eval my-eval
(code:comment @#,t{Argh: this edge case is not handled properly})
(wrap-hanging-quotes '(p "“" (em "What?") "We need to hang quotes?”"))
]

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@local-table-of-contents[]
@include-section["pygments.scrbl"]
@include-section["typography.scrbl"]

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