[OS X TeX] Typesetting "April 9th, 2005" with proper kerning

[Aldo Manfroi]

On Mar 2, 2005, at 2:29, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> On 2 mrt 2005, at 5:25, Doug Fields wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> In my LaTeX document I use this sort of construction here and there:
>>
>> April 9\textsuperscript{th}, 2005
>>
>> Unfortunately, when typeset, this looks horrible, because the comma 
>> is sitting way out in the middle of nowhere.
>
> you could try to add a kern
>
> April 9\textsuperscript{th}\kern-0.3em,\kern0.2em 2005
>
> (first remove some space to tuck the comma in, then add some air 
> before 2005.)
>
> The alternative is of course to with ninth in full.

Or you could just skip the "th" which is not necessary... :-)

AJM

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