CTAN update: CTeX - ctan-ann

26 Jun 2026


      Liam Huang submitted an update to the
CTeX
bundle.
Version:  2.6.0 2026-06-23
License:  lppl1.3c
Summary description:  LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting
Announcement text:
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ctex v2.6.0 is a major release that synchronises the bundle with
 recent LaTeX2e and expl3 baselines and addresses long-standing
 issues across heading, font, and engine-adaptation subsystems.
NEW FEATURES
 * New experimental option experiment/font-size-system selecting
   between word, letterpress (was traditional) and user-defined
   Chinese font-size tables (#543, #813).
 * Document clarifies that "letterpress" denotes one specific
   metal-type font-size system rather than the only traditional
   one (#871).
 * pdfLaTeX with UTF-8 input now prefers the
   \DeclareUnicodeCharacter definition for four-byte UTF-8
   characters (#815).
 * Document fonts unified to the Noto CJK family (#686).
BUG FIXES
 * hyperref driverfallback is now handled per loading state to
   avoid duplicate-setting warnings (#715).
 * The \verb / \do@noligs xkanjiskip leak under upLaTeX is fixed
   by porting the lltjcore patch (#556).
 * pifont's interchartokenstate no longer leaks into the output
   routine via a vertical-mode page break (#688).
 * Heading documentation explains the interaction between the
   runin and aftertitle options (#574).
 * Fixed corrupt argument signature @@_char_auxi:NNNN
   (was NNN).
 * CJKpunct override of CJKglue in the preamble now works for all
   engines via the engine-deferred redefinition pattern (#761).
BREAKING CHANGES
 * \newCJKfontfamily defines its font-switching command locally
   instead of globally (#751/PR #773), aligning with
   \newcommand semantics inside groups.
 * Removed compatibility shims for LaTeX2e older than 2020/10/01
   (#746).
 * Minimum LaTeX3 (expl3) baseline raised to 2025/10/09.
DEPRECATIONS
 * Replaced deprecated _tl keys with \l_keys_key_str and
   \l_keys_choice_str (#806).
 * Replaced deprecated \char_to_utfviii_bytes:n.
Full ChangeLog (per \changes{v2.6.0} entries) is in the package
 documentation.
Source and issue tracker:
   https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit
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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
   https://ctan.org/pkg/ctex
The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
   https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/ctex/
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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