CTAN package update: microtype

Jim Hefferon ftpmaint at alan.smcvt.edu
Thu Sep 23 16:59:06 CEST 2004


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

Thank you for the update,
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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The `microtype' package provides a LaTeX interface to pdfTeX's 
micro-typographic extensions: character protrusion and font expansion.

 NEW:
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 * added protrusion settings for Adobe Minion 
   (contributed by Harald Harders)
 * added protrusion factors for more characters
 * possibility to declare inheriting characters
 * characters may also be specified as hexadecimal or 
   octal numbers

 CHANGES:
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 * configuration file names are now in lowercase
 * removed 8-bit characters from the default 
   configuration files
 * several bug fixes

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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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