[texhax] dotfill leaders on first line of paragraph only ?
Heiko Oberdiek
heiko.oberdiek at googlemail.com
Tue Dec 6 01:42:02 CET 2011
On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 01:11:34AM +0100, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> > Other comments noted. Here is the dotfill version
> >
> > http://Thai-An.Co.Uk/Restaurant/Menu/2012/Index-dotfill.pdf
> >
> > Can you let me know what you think, in the light of your other
> > comments ?
>
> I'm not happy with things like
>
> Vietnamese spring rolls with rice . . . . . . . . . . £6.50
> vermicelli
>
> I'm still convinced that the leaders at the end of the first line
> distract people from reading the second line.
An alternative: if the Vietnamese and English texts do not fit
in one line together, then the English text starts the second line
without the tilde and then uninterupted by dots, e.g.:
1. Bánh phồng tôm ~ Prawn crackers ........................ £1.00
30. Gà xào tương đen ...................................... £6.25
Stir-fried chicken with chilli and black bean sauce
Possible disadvantages:
* The first line might look to "thin", because the
Vietnamese text is usually much shorter than the English text.
* There might be the need for a third line, if the English text
does not fit in one line.
Yours sincerely
Heiko Oberdiek
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