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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html index c429fb7ee9e..d20e191d767 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterspace.html @@ -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 ‘ultimate’ 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 ‘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 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. <dl> <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> |