On 8/31/07, Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> - use pdftex and the microtype package and hanging punctuation?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> When I do this on A4 text, I go from 1-3 hyphens per page
> >>>> to about 3 pages per hyphen. :-) Useful indeed.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I am reading the Micro-Typography with PDFTeX (microtype.dvi file) but it
> >>> only mentions "hanging punctuation" one time in the second paragraph: "A
> >>> simplified employment of margin kerning is hanging punctuation." (And I
> >>> didn't see anywhere else in the document.)
> >>>
> >>> What does the "hanging punctuation" mean? A punctuation extending into
> >>> margin?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >>> Does anything special have to be done for "hanging punctuation"? Or just
> >>> \usepackage{microtype} does the "hanging punctuation"?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> No, I think that's enough.
> >>
> >> If you're PDF'ing for the web, remember to turn off the font-stretching
> >> bit.
> >>
> >
> > To turn off the font-stretching bit, is it enough the following
> >
> > \usepackage[stretch=0]{microtype}
> >
> \usepackage[expansion=false]{microtype}
> And you can try:
> \usepackage[expansion=false, spacing=true, kerning=true]{microtype}
> and try those independently. The point of turning off expansion is that,
> as the manual says somewhere, leaving it on increases file size
> dramatically.
Thanks, Richard. I understand now that.
Paul
