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A collection of programs (as web source) for processing the output of Metafont.
The package provides a LaTeX interface to the micro-typographic extensions that were introduced by pdfTeX and have since also propagated to XeTeX and LuaTeX: most prominently, character protrusion and font expansion, furthermore the adjustment of interword spacing and additional kerning, as well as hyphenatable letterspacing (tracking) and the possibility to disable all or selected ligatures. These features may be applied to customisable sets of fonts, and all micro- typographic aspects of the fonts can be configured in a straight-forward and flexible way. Settings for various fonts are provided. Note that character protrusion requires pdfTeX, LuaTeX, or XeTeX. Font expansion works with pdfTeX or LuaTeX. The package will by default enable protrusion and expansion if they can safely be assumed to work. Disabling ligatures requires pdfTeX or LuaTeX, while the adjustment of interword spacing and of kerning only works with pdfTeX. Letterspacing is available with pdfTeX or LuaTeX. The alternative package `letterspace', which also works with plain TeX, provides the user commands for letterspacing only, omitting support for all other extensions.
MnSymbol is a symbol font family, designed to be used in conjunction with Adobe Minion Pro (via the MinionPro package). Almost all of LaTeX and AMS mathematical symbols are provided; remaining coverage is available from the MinionPro font with the MinionPro package. The fonts are available both as Metafont source and as Adobe Type 1 format, and a comprehensive support package is provided. While the fonts were designed to fit with Minon Pro, the design should fit well with other renaissance or baroque faces: indeed, it will probably work with most fonts that are neither too wide nor too thin, for example Palatino or Times; it is known to look good with Sabon. There is no package designed to configure its use with any font other than Minion Pro, but (for example) simply loading mnsymbol after mathpazo will probably do what is needed.
Works around the LaTeX bug that marginpars will sometimes come out at the wrong margin.
The remains of a bundle of LaTeX packages by Martin Schroder; the collection still comprises: count1to, make use of TeX counters; and multitoc, typeset the table of contents in multiple columns. ragged2e, prelim2e, everyshi (obsolete), and everysel (obsolete), which used to be part of this bundle, have become independent packages.
The bundle provides a package that implements both author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Also Provided are versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib-- plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib.
The package offers the command \DeclareFloatingEnvironment, which the user may use to define new floating environments which behave like the LaTeX standard foating environments figure and table.
The bundle offers versions of the standard LaTeX article and report classes, rewritten to reflect a more European design, and the a4 package, which is better tuned to the shape of a4 paper than is the a4paper class option of the standard classes. The classes include several for article and report requirements, and a letter class. The elements of the bundle were designed by members of the Dutch TeX Users Group NTG.
Selects single pages, ranges of pages, odd pages or even pages for output. The package is part of the oberdiek bundle.
Provides a parallel environment which allows two potentially different texts to be typeset in two columns, while maintaining alignment. The two columns may be on the same page, or on facing pages. This arrangement of text is commonly used when typesetting translations, but it can have value when comparing any two texts.