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@@ -26,17 +26,18 @@ Plain TeX). Soul also permits hyphenation of letterspaced text;
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 &lsquo;ultimate&rsquo; in this field is the <i>letterspace</i>,
-which uses the micro-typography capabilities of current PDFTeX.
-<i>Letterspace</i> expands the natural spacing font itself, rather
+<p/>Possibly the &lsquo;ultimate&rsquo; 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>&rsquo;s
+&lsquo;tracking&rsquo; 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. <i>Letterspace</i> provides a means of
-protecting the ligatures in a letter-spaced text.
+of a fraktur style, and the package provides a means of protecting the
+ligatures in a letter-spaced text.
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<dt><tt><i>letterspacing.tex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/misc/letterspacing.tex">macros/generic/misc/letterspacing.tex</a>
-<dt><tt><i>letterspace.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of the <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype.zip">macros/latex/contrib/microtype</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype/">browse</a>)
- bundle
+<dt><tt><i>microtype.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype.zip">macros/latex/contrib/microtype</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>soul.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/soul.zip">macros/latex/contrib/soul</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/soul.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/soul/">browse</a>)
</dl>