How to change the interword spacing?

Question

I'm trying to enlarge the interword spacing, because with ITC Kabel's default spacing it's sometimes hard to decide where is the space between two words. I read the manual of the microtype package, and I did some trying, without success. For example this one:

\usepackage{microtype}
\SetTracking[ spacing = {1000*,1666, } ]{ encoding = T1, family = *, shape=*,series=*}{ 25 }

Maybe there is an easy solution that doesn't involve microtype?.

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '11 at 20:15

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You can change the \fontdimen parameters controlling the interword spacing: \fontdimen2 (the normal interword space), \fontdimen3 (the amount of stretch of the interword space), and \fontdimen4 (the amount of shrink). A lttle example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]

\spaceskip=1.5\fontdimen2\font plus 1.5\fontdimen3\font
minus 1.5\fontdimen4\font

\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

answered May 27 '11 at 20:15

Gonzalo Medina

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To be clear about this example: we can set \spaceskip to set the interword glue, whose default values (ideal, stretch, shrink) are picked up from the font's (\fontdimen2, \fontdimen3, \fontdimen4). – ShreevatsaR Jul 19 '17 at 00:14
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Related question: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/23921/how-to-shorten-shrink-spaces-between-words – ShreevatsaR Nov 06 '17 at 01:09

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '14 at 19:21

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If you are using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, you can use the WordSpace option in fontspec:

\fontspec[WordSpace=1.0]{Times New Roman}

answered Sep 22 '14 at 19:21

Micah Walter

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Thank you, that time I was using PDFLaTeX, but still thanks! – deeenes Sep 22 '14 at 21:56
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Please note that this only works while loading a font and not with \addfontfeature. – Tobi Jun 17 '17 at 07:42

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