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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/microtype/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/microtype/README index 69d2af0f74d..2f9641472ca 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/microtype/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/microtype/README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ The `microtype' package An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX ================================= - v1.9f 2006/09/09 + v2.0 2007/01/14 * Overview @@ -11,21 +11,24 @@ The `microtype' package provides an interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX: most prominently, character protrusion and font -expansion, furthermore the possibility to disable all ligatures of a font. -It allows to apply these features to customizable sets of fonts, and to -configure all micro-typographic aspects of the fonts in a straight- -forward and flexible way. Settings for various fonts are provided. +expansion, furthermore the adjustment of interword spacing and additional +kerning, as well as a command for robust and hyphenatable letterspacing +and the possibility to disable all ligatures of a font. +It allows to apply these features to customisable sets of fonts, and to +configure all micro-typographic aspects of the fonts in a straightforward +and flexible way. Settings for various fonts are provided. -Note: Font expansion and character protrusion will only work with pdfTeX, -at least version 0.14f. Automatic font expansion requires version 1.20a -or newer. The package will by default enable the features that can safely -be assumed to work. +Note that font expansion and character protrusion will only work with +pdfTeX, at least version 0.14f. Automatic font expansion requires version +1.20 or newer. Disabling ligatures requires pdfTeX 1.30, letterspacing +and the adjustment of interword spacing and of kerning requires version +1.40. The package will by default enable protrusion and expansion if they +can safely be assumed to work. -The documentation can be found in microtype.pdf resp. microtype.dvi. +The alternative package `letterspace' provides the user commands for +letterspacing only, omitting support for all other extensions. -A preview of the next version is also included, which supports the new -experimental extensions of pdfTeX: adjustment of interword spacing (glue) -and the possibility to specify additional character kerning. +The documentation can be found in microtype.pdf. * Installation @@ -61,5 +64,5 @@ provided that (1) the original copyright statement is not removed, and (2) the identification string is changed. ---------------------------------------------------- - Copyright (c) 2004--2006 R Schlicht <w.m.l@gmx.net> + Copyright (c) 2004--2007 R Schlicht <w.m.l@gmx.net> ---------------------------------------------------- |