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The `microtype' package
An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX
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- v1.9f 2006/09/09
+ v2.0 2007/01/14
* Overview
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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
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(2) the identification string is changed.
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- Copyright (c) 2004--2006 R Schlicht <w.m.l@gmx.net>
+ Copyright (c) 2004--2007 R Schlicht <w.m.l@gmx.net>
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