TGAL Manual

TEXT Command
TGAL Commands
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2. This example shows the interaction between overprinting a line and justifying a
line. It also shows the way to avoid the problem in example 1.
\TEXT ON;OV
___________
Description:
This product produces a reaction
that can be described as....
The line containing “Description:” is still the longest overprinted line. Because it is
the last line overprinted, TGAL joins that line to the following line and still follows
the rules for punctuation: two spaces after final punctuation such as a colon or
period. TGAL also justifies the line by inserting extra blanks anywhere in the line
except between the colon and the first word of the sentence. TGAL produces:
Description: This product produces a reaction that can be described as....