txt section numbering, @typeface :middle/:lift and html scale, NewGardinerOmni, html :leading (from dev 9fa469dd74ed)

Section headings under txt are numbered inside a @document only; @typeface
gains :middle and :lift and its :scale now means the same in html and
pdf; NewGardinerOmni ships (OFL 1.1, Mark-Jan Nederhof) and @egyptian /
@chinese replace @cjk; @table :leading and :colsep reach html; kdesc
--typeface help names the flag; @document.txt is a Python class.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ are regenerated on each release — patches cannot be merged directly.
 Report problems (or send patches) to the author; accepted changes are
 applied to the development tree and appear in a following snapshot.
 
-This snapshot was assembled from development commit `d6993110e9b3`.
+This snapshot was assembled from development commit `9fa469dd74ed`.
 
 ## License
 

com/kdesc.cpp

@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ static void font_usage()
 {
     std::cout <<
         "Font maintenance commands:\n"
-        "  --font                       List the available fonts\n"
+        "  --typeface                       List the available fonts\n"
-        "  --font list                  The same\n"
+        "  --typeface list                  The same\n"
-        "  --font samples <output-dir>  Write a sample page of the available fonts\n"
+        "  --typeface samples <output-dir>  Write a sample page of the available fonts\n"
         "                               to <output-dir>/index.html\n"
-        "  --font samples <input-dir> <output-dir>\n"
+        "  --typeface samples <input-dir> <output-dir>\n"
         "                               Write a sample page for the (not yet\n"
         "                               installed) font files under <input-dir>\n"
-        "  --font install <input-dir>   Install the font files found under\n"
+        "  --typeface install <input-dir>   Install the font files found under\n"
         "                               <input-dir> into the user font directory\n"
-        "  --font install <input-dir> <output-dir>\n"
+        "  --typeface install <input-dir> <output-dir>\n"
         "                               Install into <output-dir> instead\n"
-        "  --font help                  This description\n"
+        "  --typeface help                  This description\n"
         "\n"
         "Fonts are searched in the directories of the KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS\n"
         "environment variable (colon-separated; default $HOME/.klammertext/fonts)\n"
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void font_command(const strings_t& words)
     } else if (verb == "help") {
         font_usage();
     } else {
-        std::cout << "Unrecognized font command: --font " << join(words, " ")
+        std::cout << "Unrecognized typeface command: --typeface " << join(words, " ")
                   << "\n\n";
         font_usage();
     }
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
             describe_rewrite_patterns();
         }
 
-        // The --font subcommands operate on the Klammertext font store
+        // The --typeface subcommands operate on the Klammertext font store
         // (infrastructure) and load no klammer set.
         if (args.given("typeface")) {
             font_command(option_words(args, "typeface"));

fnt/newgardineromni.css

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'NewGardinerOmni';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  src: url('newgardineromni/Regular.ttf') format('truetype');
+}

fnt/newgardineromni/OFL.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+Copyright (c) 2020, Mark-Jan Nederhof https://mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk,
+with Reserved Font Name NewGardiner.
+
+This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
+This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
+http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+PREAMBLE
+The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide
+development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation
+efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and
+open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership
+with others.
+
+The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
+redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The
+fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, 
+redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved
+names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives,
+however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The
+requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply
+to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
+
+DEFINITIONS
+"Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright
+Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may
+include source files, build scripts and documentation.
+
+"Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the
+copyright statement(s).
+
+"Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as
+distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
+
+"Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting,
+or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the
+Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a
+new environment.
+
+"Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical
+writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
+
+PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify,
+redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font
+Software, subject to the following conditions:
+
+1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components,
+in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
+
+2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled,
+redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy
+contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be
+included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or
+in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or
+binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.
+
+3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font
+Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding
+Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as
+presented to the users.
+
+4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font
+Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any
+Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the
+Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written
+permission.
+
+5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
+must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be
+distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to
+remain under this license does not apply to any document created
+using the Font Software.
+
+TERMINATION
+This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are
+not met.
+
+DISCLAIMER
+THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
+OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.

mac/font_store.cpp

@@ -175,6 +175,15 @@ strings_t available_font_families()
     return result;
 }
 
+bool font_installed(const std::string& name)
+{
+    const std::string wanted = name_to_dirname(name);
+    for (const std::string& family : available_font_families())
+        if (name_to_dirname(family) == wanted)
+            return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
 
 static void extract_font_metrics(Resolved_font& font)
 {

mac/font_store.h

@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ std::vector<std::string> installed_font_dirs();
 std::string default_font_dir();
 // Every installable font family found across those directories.
 std::vector<std::string> available_font_families();
+// Whether the store can resolve NAME -- written as the family name or as
+// the store's directory name, since both resolve.  The question a klammer
+// asks before it names a typeface that is not shipped (a CJK face), so it
+// can render the text plainly and say how to install the font instead of
+// failing the document.  Never throws; resolve_font() is the error path.
+bool font_installed(const std::string& name);
 // The Locator is the DOCUMENT location to blame when the typeface is not
 // installed: without it the "not installed" error cites font_store.cpp,
 // a source location no user can act on (the no-.cpp-location rule).

ref/reflect.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "character.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "show.h"
+#include "font_store.h"
 
 // extern "C" is needed for dlsym name lookup. Returning std::string from
 // C-linkage functions is technically non-standard but works correctly on
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@ std::string diacritics_examples([[maybe_unused]] Machine& machine)
     //std::cout << machine;
 
     std::stringstream kt {};
-    kt << "@table :caption Diacritics (with typical base characters) :cell_hpos c c l |\n"
+
-       << "@i-Displayed | @i-Written | @i-Name ||\n";
+    kt << "@s2 Roman letters with a diacritical mark @\n\n";
+
+    kt << "@table :caption Diacritics (with typical base characters) :cell_hpos c c l :leading 1.2 |\n"
+       << "Displayed | Written | Name ||\n";
 
     for (char symbol : diacritic_symbols_order) {
         std::string sym { symbol };
@@ -43,8 +47,10 @@ extern "C"
 std::string extended_latin_examples([[maybe_unused]] Machine& machine)
 {
     std::stringstream kt {};
-    kt << "@table :caption Extended Latin characters and ligatures :cell_hpos c c l |\n"
+    kt << "@s2 Non-Roman characters @\n\n";
-       << "@i-Displayed | @i-Written | @i-Name ||\n";
+
+    kt << "@table :caption Extended Latin characters and ligatures :cell_hpos c c l :leading 1.2 |\n"
+       << "Displayed | Written | Name ||\n";
     for (const std::string& symbol : extended_latin_symbols) {
         auto [code, name] = extended_latin[symbol];
         std::string coded = "^" + symbol + "^";
@@ -59,8 +65,10 @@ extern "C"
 std::string pinyin_examples([[maybe_unused]] Machine& machine)
 {
     std::stringstream kt {};
-    kt << "@table :caption Mandarin pinyin tones (using vowel ``a'') :cell_hpos c c l |\n"
+    kt << "@s2 Chinese Pinyin syllable accents @\n\n";
-       << "   @i-Displayed | @i-Written | @i-Name ||\n";
+
+    kt << "@table :caption Mandarin pinyin tones (using vowel ``a'') :cell_hpos c c l :leading 1.2 |\n"
+       << "Displayed | Written | Name ||\n";
 
     for (auto [symbol, codename] : pinyin_tones) {
         auto [code, name] = codename;
@@ -79,33 +87,24 @@ std::string unicode_examples([[maybe_unused]] Machine& machine)
        << "To specify a wide variety of different letter forms, the Unicode Standard "
        << "defines a large set of \"code points\" organized by groups.  To include a "
        << "Unicode character in Klammertext, you surround its hexadecimal number with "
-       << "the \"^^\" character. For example, the Cyrillic captial letter \"I\" is \"И\", "
+       << "the \"^^\" character. For example, the Cyrillic capital letter \"I\" is \"И\", "
-       << "included in Klammertext as ^^0418^^.\n\n"
+       << "included in Klammertext as @t ^^0418^^ @.\n\n"
-       << "To search for Unicode characters by their description, see: @nl@\n"
+       << "To search for Unicode characters by their description, see: "
        << "@link https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm @\n\n";
 
-    kt << "@table :caption Examples of Chinese characters :cell_hpos c c l |\n"
+    kt << "@s3 Egyptian hieroglyphs @\n\n";
-       << " Character | Written | Pinyin ||\n";
 
-    for (auto chr : dao) {
+    kt << "@table :caption Examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs :cell_hpos c c c l :leading 1.1 |\n"
-        std::string code = "^" + chr[1] + "^";
-        kt << process_unicode_codepoint(code) << " | "
-           << "^" << code << "^" << " | "
-           << chr[0] << " ||\n";
-    }
-    kt << "table@\n\n";
-
-
-    kt << "@table :caption Examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs :cell_hpos c c c l |\n"
        << "Hieroglyph | Written | Sound | Gardiner ||\n";
 
     // The body font carries no hieroglyphs, so the glyph names the
     // typeface it needs (shipped in fnt/); @document declares and localizes
     // it.  Under txt @typeface passes the text through unchanged.
     for (auto glyph : ptolemy) {
-        kt << "@typeface noto-sans-egyptian-hieroglyphs :scale 1.5 | "
+        std::string code = "^" + glyph[2] + "^";
-           << process_unicode_codepoint("^" + glyph[2] + "^") << " @ | "
+        kt << "@egyptian "
-                  << "^^" + glyph[2] + "^^ | "
+           << process_unicode_codepoint(code) << " @ | "
+           << "@t ^'" << code << "'^ @ | "
                   << glyph[1] << " | "
                   << glyph[0] << " ||\n";
     }
@@ -114,6 +113,34 @@ std::string unicode_examples([[maybe_unused]] Machine& machine)
        << "the Unicode codepoint in the second column of the \"List of hieroglyphs\" "
        << "table is the number in the ^^...^^ code used by Klammertext.\n\n";
 
+
+    kt << "@s3 Chinese characters @\n\n";
+
+    bool chinese = font_installed("Noto Serif SC");
+    std::string target = machine.m_state.get("K_target").m_value;
+    const bool txt_or_ansi = target == "txt"|| target == "ansi";
+
+    if (txt_or_ansi || chinese) {
+       kt << "@table :caption Examples of Chinese characters :cell_hpos c c l :leading 1.2 |\n"
+          << " Character | Written | Pinyin ||\n";
+
+    for (auto chr : dao) {
+        std::string code = "^" + chr[1] + "^";
+        kt << "@chinese " << process_unicode_codepoint(code) << " @ | "
+           << "@t ^'" << code << "'^ @" << " | "
+           << chr[0] << " ||\n";
+    }
+    kt << "table@\n\n";
+   }
+   if (!txt_or_ansi && !chinese) {
+       kt << "To display Chinese characters, you need to install a Chinese typeface, "
+           "which Klammertext does not ship. "
+           "Download @i Noto Serif SC @ from Google Fonts, unzip it, and run: \n\n"
+           "  @t kdesc ^-^-typeface install @ ~ @i the-installed-font-directory @ \n\n"
+           "The font goes into your "
+           "@t ^~/.klammertext/fonts @ directory or the first directory in the list of "
+           "directories defined by the @t KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS @ environment variable.\n\n";
+   }
     return kt.str();
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +163,7 @@ std::string argtype_definitions(Machine& machine)
         auto filename = argtype.m_loc.m_filename;
         if (contains(filename, "argtype_registry")) {
             std::string fill(name_width - name.size(), '~');
-            kt << "\n@c " << name  << " c@ @t " << fill << " t@ @i Pattern: i@ @c "
+            kt << "\n@c " << name  << " c@ @t " << fill << " t@ @i Pattern: i@ ~ @c "
                << argtype.m_symbolic_pattern << " c@ |\n"
                << capitalize(trim(argtype.m_desc)) << " ||\n";
         } else {

sks/document/Makefile

@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ document.so : $(LOCAL_OBJECTS) $(SKS_OBJECTS) $(LIBRARY) document.cpp | deps
 		document.cpp -o $@ $(ALL_OBJECTS) -lklammertext $(LDLIBS)
 
 clean :
-	rm -f $(LOCAL_OBJECTS) $(LOCAL_DEPFILES) *.so *~ __pycache__
+	rm -f $(LOCAL_OBJECTS) $(LOCAL_DEPFILES) *.so *~
+	# document_txt.py is imported at render time (2026-09-18), so this
+	# directory now exists here; rm -f refused it and failed every clean.
+	rm -rf __pycache__
 
 # Include generated dependency files (if they exist)
 -include $(LOCAL_DEPFILES)

sks/document/document.k

@@ -62,21 +62,10 @@
 : Top-level document structure 
 @@
 
-@@document.html,tex :: @eval :cpp *KLAMMERTEXT_HOME*/sks/document/document document @ @@
+@@document.html,tex ::
-
+  @eval :cpp *KLAMMERTEXT_HOME*/sks/document/document document @
-# The following definition of @document.txt is not adequate (it ignores :files,
+@@
-# for example), but it enables tests of other txt klammers for now.  When one of
-# the arguments is empty, the justifcation postprocess should remove multiple
-# lines, but __VSPACE__ inserts a space character, which prevents the lines
-# removal from the justification function.  You can also see the extra space
-# before the *subtitle* value.
 
 @@document.txt ::
-@eval "*title*".upper() @ @nl@
+  @eval document_txt.Document(K) @
-*subtitle*
-
-*author* @nl@
-*date*
-
-*text*
 @@

sks/document/document.py

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import kutil
-import html_util
-import tex_util
-
-class Document(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
-    def __init__(self, K):
-        super().__init__(K)
-
-    def html(self):
-        if self.include_css == "true":
-            css_code, css_files = html_util.css(self.css, self._sks_enabled)
-            head = html_util.head(self.title, css_files=css_files, css_code=css_code)
-        else:
-            head = head = html_util.head(self.title, include_fonts=self.include_fonts == "true")
-        return html_util.page(head, self.body)
-
-    def tex(self):
-        ragged_right = self.ragged_right in {"true", "True", "1"}
-        return tex_util.page(
-            self.title, self.subtitle, self.leading, self.pointsize, ragged_right, self.body)
-
-    def txt(self):
-        return self.body

sks/document/document_class.cpp

@@ -340,9 +340,14 @@ std::string Document_class::typeface_preamble()
     std::stringstream ss {};
     for (size_t i = 0; i < m_extra_typefaces.size(); i++) {
         const auto& [name, scale] = m_extra_typefaces[i];
+        // Compared by directory name, as collect_typefaces() compares: a
+        // @typeface may write the family name or the store's directory
+        // name, and family_name holds what the css declares (2026-09-12),
+        // so a name-for-name comparison missed the directory spelling and
+        // left \ktface<n> undefined in the .tex (found 2026-09-17).
         const Resolved_font* rf = nullptr;
         for (const auto& f : m_resolved_extra)
-            if (f.family_name == name) rf = &f;
+            if (f.dir_name == name_to_dirname(name)) rf = &f;
         if (!rf) continue;
         // \newfontfamily declares a switch command, unlike \setmainfont,
         // which changes the document's font permanently.
@@ -351,22 +356,3 @@ std::string Document_class::typeface_preamble()
     }
     return ss.str();
 }
-
-/*
-void output_msg(const std::string& msg)
-{
-    std::cout << red;
-    (void)K::log(1, msg);
-    std::cout << black;
-}    
-
-void Document_class::create_directory(const std::string& directory)
-{
-    if (write_files) {
-        fs::create_directories(directory);
-    } else {
-        output_msg("Output directory: " + directory);
-    }
-}
-
-*/

sks/document/document_html.cpp

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <iomanip>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -118,6 +119,24 @@ std::string Document_class::font_definitions()
             ss << "    --sans-serif: \"" << m_resolved_sans.family_name << "\", sans-serif;\n";
         if (!m_mono_typeface.empty())
             ss << "    --monospace: \"" << m_resolved_mono.family_name << "\", monospace;\n";
+        // The factor a @typeface span's font-size is multiplied by (2026-09-18).
+        // font.css renders the body at "font-size-adjust: ex-height 0.5", so
+        // the text the reader sees is 0.5 / x-height times its nominal size
+        // (EB Garamond, x-height 0.400: 1.25).  A @typeface span switches
+        // the adjust OFF (a script with no x-height cannot be matched), so
+        // its ":scale N" was N times the NOMINAL size -- about a fifth
+        // smaller against the visible text than the same N in pdf, where
+        // fontspec's Scale= is against text rendered at nominal size.
+        // Folding the body's enlargement in here makes :scale mean the
+        // same thing in both targets.  Emitted as a custom property the
+        // span multiplies in with calc(), so a fragment rendered without
+        // @document falls back to 1.  SYNC: the anchor 0.5 is font.css's.
+        const float xheight_anchor = 0.5f;
+        if (m_resolved_serif.xheight_ratio > 0.0f) {
+            std::stringstream factor {};
+            factor << std::setprecision(4) << xheight_anchor / m_resolved_serif.xheight_ratio;
+            ss << "    --typeface_scale: " << factor.str() << ";\n";
+        }
         ss << "}\n";
     }
     // Font-size normalization across families is no longer emitted from

sks/document/document_txt.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import kutil
+import klammer_base
+import phases
+
+class Document(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
+    def __init__(self, K):
+        super().__init__(K)
+        if self.files:
+            raise Exception("The :files option is not defined for the 'txt' target")
+
+    def html(self):
+        raise Exception("Implemented by document.cpp")
+
+    def tex(self):
+        raise Exception("Implemented by document.cpp")
+
+    def txt(self):
+        # The document marker: section numbering under txt is a document
+        # service, and the numbering phase numbers only when it finds this
+        # at the head of the text (a fragment, as kdesc renders, has none).
+        result = phases.txt_document_marker() + "\n"
+        if self.title:
+            result += f"@b {self.title} @ @nl@\n"
+            if self.subtitle:
+                result += f"@b {self.subtitle} @ @nl@\n"
+            result += "\n"
+        if self.author:
+            result += f"@i {self.author} @ @nl@\n"
+        if self.date:
+            result += f"@i {self.date} @ @nl@\n"
+        result += "\n"
+        result += self.text
+        return result

sks/font/font.k

@@ -26,13 +26,28 @@ font as document text instead of setting anything.  @typeface is the
 temporary, all-target replacement.
 ]#
 
-@@typeface.k name | text :scale.float 1.0 :
+@@typeface.k name | text :scale.float 1.0 :middle.bool :lift.length :
 A temporary change of typeface for *text*: the typeface *name* is
 resolved in the Klammertext font store (the directories of
 KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS, then the distribution's own), and the document
 declares and localizes it automatically -- writing this klammer is the
-only declaration needed.  *scale* multiplies the surrounding text size,
+only declaration needed.  *scale* multiplies the size of the surrounding
-which a script whose glyphs are drawn small usually wants.
+text as it appears, the same in html and pdf, which a script whose glyphs
+are drawn small usually wants.
+
+*middle* centres *text* on the surrounding line instead of standing it on
+the baseline -- for a script with no baseline relationship to the text,
+such as hieroglyphs, whose font declares a tall ascender that would
+otherwise open up every line the glyphs sit in.  Html only: in tex a
+row is already as tight as its tallest glyph.  Never for a Latin
+typeface, whose baseline must stay shared with the text around it.
+
+*lift* shifts *text* up by a length (down when negative), in em, pt or
+px -- the correction for a font that draws its glyphs off the baseline,
+which is a property of the font and so belongs in the klammer that names
+it: Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs floats its signs and wants about
+0.15em, NewGardinerOmni stands them on the baseline and wants none.
+Html and tex alike; the txt target has no vertical position.
 
 The change ends with *text*: nothing after it is affected.  Under the
 txt target a typeface cannot be expressed at all, so *text* is emitted
@@ -107,9 +122,19 @@ than a typeface -- xeCJK for the tex path), so this klammer errors with
 the list of available typefaces until one is installed with
 "kdesc --typeface install".  That is the honest behaviour: the klammer
 states what it needs and the store reports what it has.
-]#
 @@cjk.k text : Set *text* in a typeface that supports CJK @@
 @@cjk.html,tex,txt :: @typeface Noto Sans CJK SC | *text* @ @@
+]#
+
+# Only defining on Chinese style for now; could be parameterized.
+@@chinese.k text :scale.float 1 : Set *text* in a Chinese font @@
+@@chinese.html,tex,txt :: @typeface Noto Serif SC :scale *scale* | *text* @ @@
+
+# Egyptian hieroglyphs
+@@egyptian.k text :scale.float 1.75 : Set *text* in an Egyptian hieroglyph font @@
+@@egyptian.html,tex,txt :: @typeface NewGardinerOmni :scale *scale* :middle | *text* @ @@
+# @@egyptian.html,tex,txt :: @typeface Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs :scale *scale* :middle | *text* @ @@
+
 
 @@fraktur.k s : Set text *s* in Fraktur @@
 @@fraktur.tex :: \textfrak{*s*} @@

sks/font/font.py

@@ -60,9 +60,38 @@ class Typeface(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         # this sits inside a double-quoted html attribute.  What is quoted
         # here is the MARKER: @document replaces it with the resolved
         # family name (see the marker note above).
+        # The size is the scale times the body's own enlargement: the body
+        # is rendered at "font-size-adjust: ex-height 0.5" (font.css), so
+        # the visible text is larger than its nominal size, and a span
+        # with the adjust off at a plain "Nem" sat about a fifth smaller
+        # against it than the same :scale in pdf.  @document emits the
+        # factor as --typeface_scale (document_html.cpp, font_definitions);
+        # the fallback 1 is for a fragment rendered without @document.
+        # The "*" of calc() survives the @eval re-read (tested 2026-09-18);
+        # the "--" of the property name is hidden below with the rest.
         style = "', serif; font-size-adjust: none"
-        if float(self.scale) != 1.0:
+        style += f"; font-size: calc({float(self.scale)}em * var(--typeface_scale, 1))"
-            style += f"; font-size: {float(self.scale)}em"
+        # :middle -- for a script with no baseline relationship to the
+        # text.  A browser sizes the span's inline box from the FONT's
+        # ascender and descender, not the glyph's ink, and centres it on
+        # the content area's midpoint; a hieroglyph font declares an
+        # ascender of 1.0 em and no descender (NewGardinerOmni; Noto:
+        # 1.324/-0.326), so at :scale 1.75 the box sat half an em too
+        # high and every table row grew from 31 to 47 px (Noto: 62).
+        # line-height 1 drops the body's leading from the enlarged box and
+        # vertical-align middle centres it on the PARENT's x-height, which
+        # is why this uses the text's metrics, not the script font's zeros.
+        # Measured 2026-09-18: 40 px, the floor the ink allows; line-height
+        # 0 alone gave 31 px with the glyphs overlapping the rows above.
+        # Off by default: a Latin typeface must keep the shared baseline.
+        if self.middle:
+            style += "; line-height: 1; vertical-align: middle"
+        if self.lift_length():
+            # Relative positioning moves the ink and nothing else: the
+            # line box is laid out as if the span had not moved, which is
+            # what a baseline correction wants (vertical-align would
+            # re-lay the line).  Negative top = up, as \raisebox in tex.
+            style += f"; position: relative; top: -{self.lift_length()}"
         # The STYLE is markup, so its typographically active characters are
         # hidden: the html target's transforms turn a single quote into a
         # curly one, which broke the css font-family value.  The MARKER is
@@ -81,7 +110,27 @@ class Typeface(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         # makes the change temporary (the retired @font emitted a bare
         # \setmainfont, which changed the font for the rest of the
         # document).
-        return "{" + typeface_marker(self.name, self.scale) + " " + self.text + "}"
+        group = "{" + typeface_marker(self.name, self.scale) + " " + self.text + "}"
+        if self.lift_length():
+            # A \raisebox produced HERE is safe from the generator escaping
+            # pass: this klammer is applied after a generator's result has
+            # been escaped, so its backslash is never swept -- the trap
+            # @nl.tex fell into (2026-09-07) is a klammer applied inside a
+            # generator's ARGUMENT, which @typeface shares with @b and @i.
+            return "\\raisebox{" + self.lift_length() + "}" + group
+        return group
+
+    def lift_length(self):
+        # :lift, validated to the units both targets can move by.  The
+        # length argtype admits w/h fractions and a quoted string, which
+        # mean nothing as a vertical shift; a bare number would be columns
+        # or lines and is refused for the same reason.
+        lift = self.lift
+        if not lift:
+            return ""
+        if not re.fullmatch(r"-?(\d+\.?\d*|\.\d+)(em|pt|px)", lift):
+            raise Exception(f"@typeface :lift takes a length in em, pt or px, not '{lift}'")
+        return lift
 
     def txt(self):
         # A typeface cannot be expressed in plain text.  Declared in the

sks/image/image.py

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
     id = 0
     def __init__(self, K, as_string=True, width=None):
         super().__init__(K)
-        # pprint.pprint(self.__dict__)
+
-        # self.show()
         # /dev/shm is a fast RAM-backed tmpfs on Linux; on macOS it does not
         # exist, so fall back to the platform temp directory.
         cache_dir = "/dev/shm"
@@ -48,21 +47,11 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
     def html(self):
         img_dir = f"{self.K_output_dir}/{self.K_output_basename}/{self.Image_output_dir}"
 
-        # output_dir = self.K_output_dir or "."
-        # input_basename = self.__dict__.get("K_input_name", "")
-        # input_basename = "/" + input_basename if input_basename else ""
-        # img_dir = f"{output_dir}/{self.image_output_dir}{input_basename}"
-        #print("img_dir:", img_dir)
-
         if not os.path.exists(img_dir):
             os.makedirs(img_dir)
         if not os.path.exists(f"{img_dir}/{os.path.basename(self.source)}"):
             shutil.copy2(self.source, img_dir)
 
-        # width, scale_x, scale_y = kutil.parse_length(
-        #     "html",
-        #     self.width if self.width != "none" else self.image_default_width)
-
         scale_x, scale_y = 1, 1 # Old
 
         result = E("img")
@@ -72,9 +61,6 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         filename = f"{self.Image_output_dir}/{os.path.basename(self.source)}"
 
         result.attr("src", filename).attr("alt", os.path.basename(filename))
-        #if self.width:
-
-        # kutil.msg("rel: " + str(self.rel_fraction))
 
         length,  value, ltype = kutil.parse_width("html", self.width, self.rel_fraction)
         if ltype == "w":
@@ -90,19 +76,6 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         if self.border:
             result.cls("image_border")
 
-        # print(result)
-
-        #result.attr("style",  f"width: {width}")
-        # if width and width != "none":
-        #     result.attr("style", f"width: {width}")
-        # if width == "none":
-        #     if scale_x:
-        #         result.attr("style", "width: 0px;")
-        #         result.attr("scale-x", scale_x)
-        #     elif scale_y:
-        #         result.attr("style", "height: 0px;")
-        #         result.attr("scale-y", scale_y)
-
         if self.file_error:
             self.caption += self.file_error_message
 
@@ -120,14 +93,7 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
 
 
     def tex(self):
-        # kutil.msg(f"number: {self.number}")
-        #selfsource, width, height = self.cache.get(self.K_target, self.basename)
         source = os.path.abspath(self.source)
-        #if self.abswidth != 0:
-        #    width = f"{self.abswidth}\\paperwidth"
-        #if self.caption or self.number:
-        #    width = "\\textwidth"
-        #else:
         width = kutil.parse_width("tex", self.width, self.rel_fraction)[0]
         width = re.sub("px", "pt", width)
         #result = f'\\includegraphics[width={width}]{{{source}}}'
@@ -138,8 +104,6 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
             result = latex_util.add_caption(
                 result, "Figure", self.number, self.caption, width,
                 self.hpos, self.caption_side, offset=self.offset)
-                #result, "Figure", self.number, self.caption, self.hpos, self.caption_side,
-                #self.width, self.caption_side_center, self.vmargin, self.caption_margin)
         else:
             result = f'\\includegraphics[width={width}]{{{source}}}'
             result = latex_util.caption_wrapper(result, self.hpos, offset=self.offset)
@@ -150,8 +114,3 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         # box material: it must sit in vertical mode or it is typeset beside
         # any text it follows.
         return latex_util.block(result)
-
-
-# Better to cause an error; there's no good text substitute for an image
-#    def txt(self):
-#        return f"[Image: {self.basename}\nCaption: {self.caption}]"

sks/kutil/klammer_base.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pprint
 import re
 import kutil
 
@@ -41,25 +40,18 @@ def hide_typographic(s):
 
 class Klammer_base:
     def __init__(self, K):
-        #args = {k:escape(v) for k, v in K.__dict__.items()
         args = {k:v for k, v in K.__dict__.items()
                 if not k.startswith('__')}
         for key in args:
             setattr(self, key, args[key])
-        #setattr(self, "_klammer_name", klammer_name)
-        #pprint.pprint(self.__dict__)
-
 
     def html(self):
-        #return '[{}: HTML]'.format(self.__class__.__name__)
         return None
 
     def tex(self):
-        #return '[{}: LaTeX]'.format(self.__class__.__name__)
         return None
 
     def txt(self):
-        #return '[{}: Plain text]'.format(self.__class__.__name__)
         return None
 
     def show(self, label=""):

sks/list/list.py

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class List(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         body = "\n\n".join([f"\\item {e}" for e in self.items])
         command = {'ol' : 'enumerate', 'ul' : 'itemize'}[self.list_type]
         init = ""
-        if self.__dict__.get("initial") and self.initial != 1:
+        # :initial is @ol's alone (list.k); a @ul has no such attribute.
+        if getattr(self, "initial", 1) != 1:
             init = "\\addtocounter{enumi}{" + str(self.initial - 1) + "}"
         #topsep = '[noitemsep,topsep=0pt]'
         topsep = "[noitemsep,topsep=0pt," if self.compressed else "[topsep=0pt,itemsep=2pt,"

sks/section/section.k

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Book-specific component headings (others possible to correspond to
 # the front and back matter of a book):
 
+@@section_args.o :id :n.int -1 :
+  Common arguments for section headings.  If *n* is not the default, it is used
+  as the section number.
+@@
+
 @@preface.k :id :name Preface : Preface text @@
 @@preface.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, "preface") eval@ @@
 
@@ -9,30 +14,30 @@
 @@part.k title :id :name Part : Part heading @@
 @@part.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 0) eval@ @@
 
-@@s1.k title :id :n : Top level division, numbered  @@
+@@s1.k title @section_args@ : Top level division, numbered  @@
 @@s1.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 1) eval@ @@
 
-@@s2.k title :id :n : Second level division, numbered  @@
+@@s2.k title @section_args@ : Second level division, numbered  @@
 @@s2.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 2) eval@ @@
 
-@@s3.k title :id :n : Third level division, numbered  @@
+@@s3.k title @section_args@ : Third level division, numbered  @@
 @@s3.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 3) eval@ @@
 
-@@s4.k title :id :n : Fourth level division, numbered  @@
+@@s4.k title @section_args@ : Fourth level division, numbered  @@
 @@s4.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 4) eval@ @@
 
-@@s5.k title :id :n : Fifth level division, numbered  @@
+@@s5.k title @section_args@ : Fifth level division, numbered  @@
 @@s5.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 5) eval@ @@
 
-@@s6.k title :id :n : Sixth level division, numbered  @@
+@@s6.k title @section_args@ : Sixth level division, numbered  @@
 @@s6.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 6) eval@ @@
 
-@@s7.k title :id :n : Seventh level division, numbered  @@
+@@s7.k title @section_args@ : Seventh level division, numbered  @@
 @@s7.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 7) eval@ @@
 
 # Unnumbered section headings:
 
-@@h1.k title :id :n : Top level division, unnumbered @@
+@@h1.k title :id : Top level division, unnumbered @@
 @@h1.html,tex,txt :: @eval section.Section(K, 1, numbered=False) eval@ @@
 
 @@h2.k title :id : Second level division, unnumbered @@

sks/section/section.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import kutil
 import klammer_base
+import phases
 
 NUMBER_VAR = "___NUM___"
 
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ class Section(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         # names = "part chapter section subsection subsubsection paragraph subparagraph subsubparagraph subsubsubparagraph".split()
         names = "part sA sB sC sD sE".split()
 
-        #self.show()
         if self.id:
             id = self.id
         else:
@@ -56,13 +56,8 @@ class Section(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
             Section.label_number += 1
 
         result = ''
-        if self.__dict__.get("n") and self.n:
+        if getattr(self, "n", -1) > -1:   # absent for @part and @h1..@h7
             result += f'\\setcounter{{chapter}}{{{int(self.n)-1}}}\n'
-        #if self.id:
-        #    result += 
-        #if self.level == 1:
-            #result += '\\newpage\n\n'
-        #    result += '\\vspace*{24pt}'
         suffix = "" if self.numbered else "*"
         result += f'\\{names[self.level]}{suffix}{{{self.title}}}'
         result += f'\n\\hypertarget{{{id}}}{{}}'
@@ -73,4 +68,18 @@ class Section(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         return result
 
     def txt(self):
+        # The number is a marker phases.txt_insert_section_numbers resolves
+        # -- to a number inside a @document, to nothing outside one -- so
+        # the space after it is the marker's, not the title's.  A preface
+        # and an unnumbered heading carry no marker at all; a part carries
+        # a level-0 marker and its name, as the html "Part" prefix.
+        if self.preface:
+            return f"@b {self.name} @"
+        if not self.numbered:
             return f"@b {self.title} @"
+        # :n comes from section_args, which @part and the @h headings do
+        # not declare, so it is absent there rather than -1.
+        marker = phases.txt_section_marker(self.level, getattr(self, "n", -1))
+        if self.level == 0:
+            return f"@b {marker} {self.name} {self.title} @"
+        return f"@b {marker} {self.title} @"

sks/table/css/table.css

@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ tr:first-child {
 
 
 td {
-    /* padding-left: 1rem; */
+    /* Vertical space is the table's line-height (:leading, set on the
-    padding: .1rem .5rem .2rem .5rem;
+       <table> by table.py -- the html equivalent of \arraystretch), so no
+       vertical padding here: it was an html-only extra that kept rows
+       looser than the pdf's.  Horizontal padding is :colsep, the same
+       value that becomes \tabcolsep; the fallback is for a table that
+       reaches this rule without the property. */
+    padding: 0 var(--colsep, 4pt);
     vertical-align: top;
 }
 

sks/table/table.py

@@ -575,6 +575,24 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         # would wrap it as a stray <p> inside the table.
         return E("colgroup").body(cols.strip(), newline=False).str(), layout, table_width
 
+    def html_style(self):
+        # :leading and :colsep under html (2026-09-18; both were tex-only).
+        # \arraystretch multiplies the row strut, which is \baselineskip,
+        # 1.2 times the font size -- so :leading L is a 1.2 L em row, and
+        # the html equivalent is that line-height on the table, inherited
+        # by every cell.  The cells' vertical padding went with it
+        # (table.css): an html-only extra with no tex counterpart, which
+        # kept a :leading 1 table 0.3rem looser per row than its pdf.
+        # :colsep is a custom property the td rule reads for its horizontal
+        # padding (padding does not inherit); the flush-edge classes still
+        # zero the outer ones.  Measured 2026-09-18: rows of :leading 1 and
+        # :leading 2 in the ratio 1:2 in both targets.
+        line_height = f"{1.2 * float(self.leading):.4g}"
+        # Hidden: the result is re-read and the html target's transforms
+        # would turn the property's "--" into an en dash (font.py's trap).
+        return klammer_base.hide_typographic(
+            f"line-height: {line_height}; --colsep: {self.colsep}")
+
     def html(self):
         result = ""
         for row_i, row in enumerate(self.cells):
@@ -592,7 +610,7 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
             # algorithm), matching the tex \ratio division.  The max-width
             # cap goes on the caption wrapper when there is one (the table's
             # own percentage would be circular in a shrink-to-fit wrapper).
-            result = E("table").body(result)
+            result = E("table").body(result).attr("style", self.html_style())
             if self.number or self.caption:
                 result = html_util.add_caption(
                     result, "Table", self.number, self.caption,
@@ -605,7 +623,7 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
                 result = html_util.hpos_container(result, self.hpos, self.offset).str()
             return result
         colgroup, layout, table_width = self.html_colgroup()
-        result = E("table").body(colgroup + result)
+        result = E("table").body(colgroup + result).attr("style", self.html_style())
         if self.number or self.caption:
             # The caption wrapper carries the width (a percentage on the
             # shrink-to-fit wrapper itself would be circular) and the table

sks/target/phases.py

@@ -248,6 +248,50 @@ def txt_format_footnotes(text, K):
                        + label + " " + footnote + "\n\n")
     return result
 
+
+# Section numbering under txt (2026-09-18).  Numbering is a DOCUMENT
+# service, as it is in html (a pass @document runs over the page) and tex
+# (LaTeX's own counters inside the document): a heading rendered outside
+# a @document -- kdesc's renders of the ref/ generators -- is not
+# numbered.  Document.txt() (sks/document/document_txt.py) opens its
+# result with the document marker; Section.txt() emits a section marker
+# carrying the level and the :n override; this phase, first in the txt
+# and ansi lists, numbers the headings when the document marker is there
+# and strips every marker either way.  A heading at a level with no
+# parent numbers as "0.1", as html and tex print it -- the txt target
+# does not diverge from them.  The single-source functions are the
+# TODO #47 pattern.
+
+def txt_document_marker():
+    return "__KTEXTDOCUMENT__"
+
+def txt_section_marker(level, n=-1):
+    # LEVEL 0 is a part, 1-7 the sections; N > -1 sets the number.
+    return f"__KTEXTSECTION__{level}__{n}__"
+
+def txt_insert_section_numbers(text, K):
+    # The marker is the first thing the document emits, but the result
+    # reaches the phase behind whatever newlines the apply left in front.
+    head = text.lstrip()
+    in_document = head.startswith(txt_document_marker())
+    if in_document:
+        text = head[len(txt_document_marker()):].lstrip("\n")
+    levels = [0] * 8   # 0: parts; 1-7: sections (parts do not reset them, as in LaTeX)
+    marker_rgx = re.compile(r"__KTEXTSECTION__(\d+)__(-?\d+)__ ?")
+    def number(match):
+        if not in_document:
+            return ""
+        level, n = int(match.group(1)), int(match.group(2))
+        levels[level] = n if n > -1 else levels[level] + 1
+        if level == 0:
+            return f"{levels[0]} "      # a part resets nothing below it
+        for i in range(level + 1, len(levels)):
+            levels[i] = 0
+        return ".".join(str(v) for v in levels[1:level + 1]) + " "
+    return marker_rgx.sub(number, text)
+
+# HTML
+
 def html_footnote_marker():
     return "kt-footnote"
 

sks/target/target.k

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ of this: neither the transforms nor the quoting reach it.
   '   '  |
   ~   __KTEXTNBSP__
   :after_apply
+    phases.txt_insert_section_numbers ;
     phases.txt_format_footnotes ;
     phases.txt_insert_captions ;
     phases.txt_justify_blocks ;
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ of this: neither the transforms nor the quoting reach it.
 @@@target ansi | Plain text with ANSI escape sequences for type styles
   :includes txt
   :after_apply
+    phases.txt_insert_section_numbers ;
     phases.txt_format_footnotes ;
     phases.txt_insert_captions ;
     phases.txt_justify_blocks ;

tst/kdesc_test.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #   * a flag a user reaches for often gets a single letter (-k klammers,
 #     -t targets, -c character codes, -i input); a more specialised topic gets
 #     a multi-letter name (--argtypes, --katoms, --rewrite, --optionsets,
-#     --coverage, --klammersets, --font);
+#     --coverage, --klammersets, --typeface);
 #   * -v says how much to show about the command's PROCESSING and never what
 #     its RESULT contains.  So the katom regex column is "--katoms full" and
 #     the coverage file column is "--coverage all", not verbosity levels.
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ shows "24. --coverage help explains"       'Coverage commands'  "$KDESC" --cover
 shows "25. --katoms help explains"         'Katom commands'     "$KDESC" --katoms help
 shows "26. an unknown coverage word"       'Unrecognized coverage command' "$KDESC" --coverage nonsense
 shows "27. an unknown katom word"          'Unrecognized katom command'    "$KDESC" --katoms nonsense
+# The help text and the error must name the flag by its CURRENT spelling:
+# both still said --font for three weeks after the 2026-08-25 rename, and  # retired-ok
+# the retired-name guard's entries did not match the bare word.
+shows "27a. --typeface help names --typeface install" '--typeface install' "$KDESC" --typeface help
+shows "27b. an unknown typeface word names the flag" 'Unrecognized typeface command: --typeface' "$KDESC" --typeface nonsense
 
 echo
 echo "-- provenance: -i shows what the INPUT defines --"