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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html index f3436278743..e6beec141fa 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ between the letters (otherwise known as the tracking). As a general rule, this is a very bad idea: it detracts from legibility, which is contrary to the principles of typesetting (any respectable font you might be using should already have optimum tracking built into it). -<p/>The great type designer, Eric Gill, is credited with saying “he who -would letterspace lower-case text, would steal sheep”. (The +<p/>The great type designer, Eric Gill, is credited with saying “he who +would letterspace lower-case text, would steal sheep”. (The attribution is probably apocryphal: others are also credited with the remark. Stealing sheep was, in the 19th century, a capital offence in Britain.) As the remark suggests, though, letterspacing of upper-case @@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ the <code>.tex</code> file). <p/>A more comprehensive solution is to be found in the <i>soul</i> package (which is optimised for use with LaTeX, but also works with Plain TeX). Soul also permits hyphenation of letterspaced text; -Gill’s view of such an activity is not (even apocryphally) recorded. +Gill’s view of such an activity is not (even apocryphally) recorded. (Spacing-out forms part of the name of <i>soul</i>; the other half is described in <a href="FAQ-underline.html">another question</a>.) -<p/>Possibly the ‘ultimate’ in this field is the <i>microtype</i>, +<p/>Possibly the ‘ultimate’ in this field is the <i>microtype</i>, which uses the micro-typography capabilities of current PDFTeX to provide a <code>\</code><code>textls</code> command, which operates according to parameters -declared in a <code>\</code><code>SetTracking</code> command. <i>Microtype</i>’s -‘tracking’ facility expands the natural spacing font itself, rather +declared in a <code>\</code><code>SetTracking</code> command. <i>Microtype</i>’s +‘tracking’ facility expands the natural spacing font itself, rather than inserting space between characters. Ordinarily, letter-spacing will destroy ligatures; however, this is <em>wrong</em> if the font is of a fraktur style, and the package provides a means of protecting the |