CTAN package upgrade: microtype

Jim Hefferon ftpmaint at alan.smcvt.edu
Tue Dec 14 16:11:30 CET 2004


A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its
way to your favorite mirror.

Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: microtype
Author's name: R Schlicht
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/microtype
Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions 
  of pdfTeX
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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 CHANGES (v1.5):
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 * When output mode is DVI, font expansion will by default 
   be turned off, automatic expansion will be disabled
 * New option: `selected’, to enable selected expansion; 
   default is: false
 * Changed default for expansion option `step’: 4 
   (min(stretch,shrink)/5)
 * Protrusion settings for Bitstream Charter
 * Compatibility with turkish babel + chemsym

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You can have a look at the package at
  http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype
although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror 
of CTAN that is near to you; see 
  http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors 



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