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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