A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror.

Thank you, 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

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CHANGES (v1.3 + v1.4): ---------------------- * set up fonts independently from LaTeX font loading (therefore, no risk of overlooking fonts anymore, and the package may be loaded at any time) * compatibility with german and ngerman packages * microtypesetup now sets the correct level of character protrusion * minor bug fixes and improvements

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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