feature: Font.spacing

[crazylyf]

Is there any way to adjust the inter-character space (kerning)? It can be adjusted in my office2010, while in python-docx, I could not find the way to change it.
Thanks in advance!

[scanny]

This is not yet implemented. I'll leave this issue open as a feature request.

[scanny]

There are two properties I can find related to this. One is Font.Kerning, which takes a point value below which text is not kerned. The other is Font.Spacing, which adds (or subtracts) a certain amount of space between characters.

Which did you have in mind?

[crazylyf]

Thanks for your reply~

I tried a indirect way to solve this problem, by adding a space where needed, and tuning the font size of space to adjust the spacing.

As for the two proposed properties, I prefer the first strategy, as it offers control the size of spacing.

[crazylyf]

Hi, scanny
I have another question. When I tried to set a certain font using Font.name for text in paragraph, and found that it works well for English, but failed for Chinese. Does Font.name method support Chinese in current version?

[scanny]

No, not yet, but you might find the thread on this issue helpful: #154

[crazylyf]

Great! Thanks~

[scanny]

Issue #243 is feature request for Font.spacing.