Re: Japanese text with furigana

[Caagr98]

That works for that particular example, yes. Doesn't work for anything other 
than exactly two kana per kanji, though.

On 12/06/17 23:50, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/6/17, 2:00 PM, "Caagr98" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>     I'm trying to insert a bit of Japanese text in some markup. Putting the 
> text itself works fine, but as soon as I try adding furigana (small kana 
> above the kanji), it looks terrible. Is there anything I can do about that?
>     
> 
> Since the kanji should be perfectly aligned in a row, I did this.
> 
> \version "2.19.80"
> 
> #(define-markup-command (furi layout props kanji kana) (markup? markup?)
>    (interpret-markup layout props
>      (markup
>       (#:override '(baseline-skip . 0)
>         #:center-column
>          (#:magnify 1/2 kana
>           kanji)))))
> 
> \markup {
>   \box 一番 % Works fine
> }
> 
> \markup {
>   \box \concat { % Terribly misaligned
>     \furi 一 "いち"
>     \furi 番 "ばん"
>   }
> }
> 
> \markup {
>   \box \concat { % Seems OK to me
>     \furi "一番" "いちばん"
>   }
> }
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
>