Indentation of examples with Linguex and Brill typeface

Question

The text of examples is too close to the example number with example numbers having three or more digits. The problem relates to the use of the Brill font, as it disappears with other fonts.

Here's a MWE:

\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{mathastext}
\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Brill} 
\usepackage{linguex}

\begin{document} 

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{49}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{99}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\end{document}

Welcome to TeX.SX! Very interesting question! – egreg Nov 14 '15 at 15:34 — egreg, Nov 14 '15 at 15:34

egreg · Answer 1 · 2015-11-14T15:50:31.473

It's a bug in linguex that, for strange reasons, wants to use the minimum width of digits, instead of the maximum!

With a font such as Brill, where the minimal width digit is 1, this spoils all computations for the label width. So I redefine \minimalwidth to be really \maximalwidth.

\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Brill}

\usepackage{mathastext}
\usepackage{linguex}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\minimalwidth}{<}{>}{}{}% it should be maximal width!

\AtBeginDocument{%
  \settowidth{\Exlabelwidth}{(000)}%
}

\begin{document} 

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{49}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{99}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\end{document}

Note that mathastext should go after setting the main font.

You may prefer a different solution, using fixed width digits in the context of \ex (but this will change all numbers in the context).

\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Brill}

\usepackage{mathastext}
\usepackage{linguex}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\preto{\listdecl}{\addfontfeatures{Numbers=Monospaced}}

\AtBeginDocument{%
  \settowidth{\Exlabelwidth}{(000)}%
}

\begin{document} 

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{49}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{99}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\end{document}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '15 at 16:01

0

Maybe you just need to add RawFeature=+tnum when loading the font

\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{mathastext}
\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\setmainfont[RawFeature=+tnum]{Brill} 
\usepackage{linguex}

\begin{document}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{49}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\setcounter{ExNo}{99}

\ex. [$_S$ [$_{NP}$ Bartoli] [$_{VP}$ zoent Pavarotti]]

\end{document}

answered Nov 14 '15 at 16:01

Ludenticus

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This is the same as Numbers=Monospaced, see my answer. – egreg Nov 14 '15 at 16:05
You're right. I missed your edited answer while writing mine – Ludenticus Nov 14 '15 at 18:35
This solution gives the correct behaviour, ie examples are indented variably according to the number of digits in the example number. Thank you very much! – Guido Vanden Wyngaerd Nov 14 '15 at 18:59
So not quite the same as the solution by @egreg in terms of Numbers=Monospaced, after all. No idea why this works, though, I'd be interested to know more. – Guido Vanden Wyngaerd Nov 14 '15 at 19:08
@GuidoVandenWyngaerd Numbers=Monospaced is exactly the same as RawFeature=+tnum. With my code the feature is activated only in \ex. statements. The “variable” indentation is due to not setting \Exlabelwidth. – egreg Nov 14 '15 at 19:12
@egreg you're absolutely right, I'd overlooked that! – Guido Vanden Wyngaerd Nov 14 '15 at 23:15

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