A package has been upgraded on 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: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES in v1.6: - - ------------------ * New option `factorÂ’ to influence protrusion resp. expansion of all characters of a font (set) * When pdfTeX is too old to expand fonts automatically, font expansion has to be enabled explicitly * Protrusion: + improved digits + added italic uppercase Greek letters + tuned CMR math letters * Use e-TeX extensions, if available
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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 .