Microtype can be turned off in settings

Readme.md

@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ another `\input` line to uncomment and recompile. Voilà!
 Quick Use
 ---------
 
-0. [Download and unzip](https://github.com/sylvainhalle/PaperShell/releases/latest),
-   or clone the contents of this repository in a folder of your choice.
+0. [Download and unzip](https://github.com/sylvainhalle/PaperShell/releases/latest)
+   the PaperShell empty project in a folder of your choice.
 
 1. Modify `article.txt` with the desired title, authors and institutions.
    The file is self-documented and tells you how to do it.

generate-preamble.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  **************************************************************************/
 
 // Version
-$version_string = "1.5.2";
+$version_string = "1.5.3";
 $autogen_comment = "%% This file was autogenerated by PaperShell v$version_string on ".date("Y-m-d H:i:s")."\n%% https://github.com/sylvainhalle/PaperShell\n%% DO NOT EDIT!";
 
 // Read author-title file
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 	"fix-acm"        => false,
 	"use-times"      => false,
 	"bib-style"      => "",
-	"graphicspath"   => array("fig/")
+	"graphicspath"   => array("fig/"),
+	"microtype"      => true
 );
 if (file_exists("settings.inc.php"))
 {
@@ -103,6 +104,13 @@
 $point_size_string = $config["point-size"] === null ? "" : $config["point-size"]."pt";
 $point_size_string_comma = $config["point-size"] === null ? "" : ",".$config["point-size"]."pt";
 
+// Microtype enabled?
+$microtype_string ="";
+if ($config["microtype"])
+{
+  $microtype_string = "\n\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo";
+}
+
 { // Springer LNCS {{{
 
   // Preamble
@@ -117,8 +125,7 @@
 
 % Usual packages
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding
-\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}     % Type1 fonts
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}     % Type1 fonts{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{cite}            % Better handling of citations
@@ -208,8 +215,7 @@
 % Usual packages
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}     % Type1 fonts
-\usepackage{mathptmx}        % Times with math support
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\usepackage{mathptmx}        % Times with math support{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{cite}            % Better handling of citations
@@ -304,8 +310,7 @@
 % Usual packages
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}     % Type1 fonts
-\usepackage{lmodern}         % Improved Computer Modern
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\usepackage{lmodern}         % Improved Computer Modern{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{cite}            % Better handling of citations
@@ -425,8 +430,7 @@
 % Usual packages
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}     % Type1 fonts
-\usepackage{lmodern}         % Improved Computer Modern font
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\usepackage{lmodern}         % Improved Computer Modern font{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{hyperref}        % Better handling of references in PDFs
@@ -513,8 +517,7 @@
 % Usual packages
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}     % Type1 fonts
-\usepackage{mathptmx}        % Times font with math support
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\usepackage{mathptmx}        % Times font with math support{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{hyperref}        % Better handling of references in PDFs
@@ -620,8 +623,7 @@
 \usepackage{courier}
 \\frenchspacing
 \setlength{\pdfpagewidth}{8.5in}
-\setlength{\pdfpageheight}{11in}
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\setlength{\pdfpageheight}{11in}{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{cite}            % Better handling of citations
@@ -721,8 +723,7 @@
 \documentclass[prodmode,{$config["journal-name"]}{$point_size_string_comma}]{acmsmall}
 
 % Usual packages
-\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{comment}         % To comment out blocks of text
@@ -821,8 +822,7 @@
 % Usual packages
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % UTF-8 input encoding
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}     % Type1 fonts
-\usepackage{lmodern}         % Improved Computer Modern font
-\usepackage{microtype}       % Better handling of typo
+\usepackage{lmodern}         % Improved Computer Modern font{$microtype_string}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}  % Hyphenation
 \usepackage{graphicx}        % Import graphics
 \usepackage{cite}            % Better handling of citations

settings.inc.php

@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@
      */
     //"graphicspath" => array("fig/", "whatever/"),
 
+    /*
+     * Set whether to use the microtype package. No good reason to
+     * turn it off unless it clashes with some other package.
+     */
+    //"microtype" => false,
+
     /*
      * A dummy parameter, just so you don't bother about removing
      * the comma from the last uncommented parameter above. Leave this