[luatex] LuaTeX file almost 2.5x bigger

Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl
Mon Aug 2 17:04:40 CEST 2010


On 31-7-2010 5:34, Robert wrote:

>> - Protrusion was seen as a bug.
>
> Then it was probably overdone (eg., hyphens protruding by their full
> width).

eh .. that's quite normal for hanging punctuation

> Which is what microtypography is all about: improving the visual
> appearance *without being noticeable*.

the point is that it was not seen as improvement ... (things like 
successive hyphens or rivers were spotted instead)

Hans


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