LaTeX package typog provides macros for (micro-)typographic enhancements;
it covers a variety of topics:
- Precise hyphenation control
- Disable/break ligatures
- Manual italic correction
- Extra kerning for slash and hyphen
- Raising selected characters (e.g. hyphen, en-dash, and em-dash)
- Adjusting the vertical position of
itemize's labels - Aligning of the last line of a paragraph
- Filling of the last line last line of a paragraph
- Word spacing control
- Microtype front-end
- Slightly sloppy paragraphs
- Vertically partially-tied paragraphs
- Breakable displayed equations
- Setspace front-end
- Smooth ragged-right paragraphs
Moreover typog provides an environment to flag interesting parts of
the information deluge typically accumulating in a LaTeX log-file
and an associated tool, typog-grep, that selectively retrieves
these parts.
The minimally necessary files to install typog are typog.ins and typog.dtx. Running LaTeX on typog.ins in particular produces typog.sty:
latex typog.ins
After extraction from typog.dtx place typog.sty in a directory mentioned in your TEXINPUTS paths or copy it into one of the directories for your LaTeX installation's sty-files and run mktexlsr or equivalent.
To build the documentation it is easier to use the GNU Makefile:
make
To construct the manual typog.pdf or the usage example typog-example.pdf a working MetaPost installation and some POD utilities of a Perl distribution are required. Cautious users can run
make tool-check
ahead to verify that the required utilities are installed and working. For an overview over the most important Makefile targets use
make help
Load the package with the usual incantation
\usepackage{typog}
See Section 2 of the package documentation for available options.
The package documentation can be found online.
Typog is written by Ch. L. Spiel [email protected].
Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later.