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How can I get a line of text spread across the entire line width? As shown; with letter spacing increased (not only word spacing).

from:

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to:

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Lastly, how could I set a line-to-line spacing that would most approximate to that shown in the previous illustrations?

PS. Here's the code for the first image output:

% methamatics
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\emergencystretch 3em
% -------------------
\tolerance=1
\emergencystretch=\maxdimen
\hyphenpenalty=1000
\hbadness=1000
% -------------------
\renewcommand{\normalsize}{\fontsize{12}{7}\selectfont}
\setmathfont[]{STIX Two Math}
\setmainfont[Ligatures = {Historic}, Contextuals = Alternate, Kerning = On]{Hoefler Text Pro}

% \setmathrm
% [
%   Style = Historic,
%   Ligatures = Historic,
% ]
% {Hoefler Text Pro}

% \setmathsf
% [
%   Style = Historic,
%   Ligatures = Historic,
% ]
% {Hoefler Text Pro}

% \setboldmathrm
% [
%   Style = Historic,
%   Ligatures = Historic,
% ]
% {Hoefler Text Pro Bold}

%-CMDS
\newcommand{\tib}[1]{{\fontspec
    [
        Contextuals = LineFinal,
        Kerning = On,
    ]
    {Hoefler Text Pro Engraved One}
    \fontsize{24}{12}
    \selectfont #1 \normalfont \normalsize}}

\newcommand{\tisc}[1]{{\fontspec
    [
        Letters = SmallCaps,
        Kerning = On,
    ]
    {Hoefler Text Pro}
    \fontsize{20}{12}
    \selectfont #1 \normalfont \normalsize}}

%-DCMNT
\begin{document}
    \begin{center}
        \tib{VECTOR ANALYSIS}\\[\baselineskip]
        \tisc{an introduction\\
        to \\
        vector methods} \\ 
        $$  $$
    \end{center}
\end{document}
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As for the line to line spacing you can achieve it by

\vspace{length}

or

\vfill

in between sentences.

As for letter-to-letter spacing. LuaTeX with Microtype allows for the desired effect. With:

\textls[150]{VECTOR ANALYSIS}

However on XeTeX you need to use Fontspec and adjust the font features:

LetterSpace = ...

WordSpace = ...

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I suggest doing so by creating a command to be able to share these features across different other fonts that you might use, e.g

Say you're sharing certain features for several titling styles, then by creating a command such as:

\newcommand{\titlingFontFeatures}{%

    ...
    LetterSpace = 100,
    WordSpace = 2,
    ...
}

you can then use:

\newcommand{\bigTitle}[1]{{\fontspec
[
    \titlingFontFeatures
]
{Helvetica}
\fontsize{18}{20}\selectfont#1
\par}}

to share features to this new font.

Microtype is just not an option if you're not using pdfLatex, and since you're this serious about fonts you might've migrated to something like XeTeX or LuaTeX a while ago, now, even on LuaTeX, Microtype doesn't have many features that actually work on it. Therefore Fontspec is the way to go.

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