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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: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The `microtype' package provides a LaTeX interface to pdfTeX's micro-typographic extensions: character protrusion and font expansion.

NEW: ===== * new font sets: `allmath' and `basicmath' enabling character protrusion in math mode * protrusion factors for Computer Modern Roman math symbols * more protrusion factors for Adobe Garamond and Computer Modern Roman in TS1 encoding

CHANGES: ========= * if an alias font name is specified, it will be used as an alternative, not as a replacement * more tests for sanity of settings and whether all fonts will be set up * more robust parsing of sizes in font sets * more bug fixes - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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