CTAN package update: microtype

[Jim Hefferon]

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should
soon make its way to your favorite mirror.

Thanks 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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Changes in version 1.7:

* Possibility to specify ranges of font sizes in the 
  set declarations and protrusion/expansion settings
* Always take font size into account when trying to find 
  protrusion/expansion settings 
* New command \LoadMicroTypeFile to manually load a font 
  configuration file
* New option `verbose=errors' to turn all warnings into 
  errors
* Compatibility with the `chemsym' and `statex' packages
* Disable expansion inside \showhyphens
* Warning when running in draft mode
* Hook for font package authors

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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