How can I align the top of all letters in a given word?

Questions
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1

I’d like to typeset “FooBar” in an otherwise normal text paragraph, but vertically aligning the top of each glyph instead of the bottom. Is there a simple way to achieve this in a manner which will not depend on the font size and family currently in use?

2 
#import "@preview/t4t:0.4.2": get

#let glyph-wise-top-align(body) = {
  set text(top-edge: "bounds")
  context {
    let clusters = get.text(body).clusters()
    let max-height = calc.max(..clusters.map(c => measure(c).height))
    clusters.map(c => box(height: max-height, c)).join()
  }
}

#glyph-wise-top-align[FooBar]

#glyph-wise-top-align[(more, complex --- text)]

image

3

Thanks, but this seems to ignore any resizing of glyphs:

FOO#text(size: 0.5em)[B]AR yields:

foobar1

While #glyph-wise-top-align[FOO#text(size: 0.5em)[B]AR] yields:

foobar2

4

Show me how you actually want to use it. Changing font size for just a single glyph doesn’t look practical. You would have to create a custom parsing function that handles styled element for individual glyphs or a group of them.

5

I want to define a logotype, something along the lines of \LaTeX, that would look like this:

foobar1

but with the top of the smaller “B” aligned with the top of the other glyphs.

In documents, I would then use #mylogo to insert the logotype, and the output would ideally pick up the current font size and family.

6 
#let glyph-wise-top-align(body) = {
  let clusters = body
    .children
    .map(x => if x.func() == text { x.text.clusters() } else { x })
    .flatten()
  set text(top-edge: "bounds", weight: "bold")
  context {
    let max-height = calc.max(..clusters.map(c => measure(c).height))
    clusters.map(box.with(height: max-height)).join()
  }
}

#let small = text.with(0.5em)
#let my-logo = glyph-wise-top-align[FOO#small[B]AR]

#my-logo

image

There is metalogo – Typst Universe, but AFAIK it’s not perfect.