I use a latex template with small caps for chapter titles. These are spaced a bit using \textls from microtype package. Unfortunately, microtype does not properly increase the tracking but rather add spaces between letters which makes the text unsearchable 🙁
Do you know of any clean way to set the font tracking? I sounds like it is what microtype is supposed to do…
from
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=letterspacePossibly the ‘ultimate’ in this field
is the microtype, which uses the
micro-typography capabilities of
current PDFTeX to provide a \textls
command, which operates according to
parameters declared in a \SetTracking
command. Microtype’s ‘tracking’
facility expands the natural spacing
font itself, rather than inserting
space between characters. Ordinarily,
letter-spacing will destroy ligatures;
however, this is wrong if the font is
of a fraktur style, and the package
provides a means of protecting the
ligatures in a letter-spaced text.
But it definitely does not with my latex install
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
Package: microtype 2009/03/27 v2.3d Micro-typography with pdfTeX (RS)
You may wonder why I am not using Tex Live 2010… I am not so keen reinstalling all the minionpro package… but if it really helps I'll do it.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best Answer
Actually, after searching trying to oopen the pdf in adobe illustrator, I realized that microtype does a good job: the problem came from my pdf reader Skim.
Hope this entry may help a few other puzzled skim users ;)