The package provides a LaTeX interface to pdfTeX’s micro-typographic extensions: character protrusion and font expansion. The package also offers a lua interface to the corresponding features of LuaTeX.
The package allows you to restrict character protrusion and/or font expansion to a certain set of fonts, or to certain parts of the document (for example, based on selected language), and to configure micro-typographic aspects of the fonts in a straight-forward and flexible way. Settings for various fonts are provided.
The bundle also provides a letterspace package; this improves on the alternatives (letterspacing and soul), and also provides a means of protecting ligatures—notably those in fraktur fonts.
Note: Font expansion and character protrusion only work with pdfTeX and LuaTeX. For pdfTeX, at least version 0.14f is required; version 1.20a is needed for automatic font expansion. With pdfTeX version 1.30, a command is provided for suppressing ligatures.
If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation manager. (For installation help, click on your distribution's name.)
| Distribution | Package name |
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| MiKTeX | microtype |
| TeX Live | microtype |
You can also visit microtype's CTAN directory to browse the source or download the material for installation by hand.
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| Version | 2.4 | |||
| License | LaTeX Project Public License | |||
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