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I am trying to use a typewriter font (TXTT) in a document, but it consistently overruns the margins. I don't know if this is expected or if I am making a mistake in my document.

An MWE below:

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{memoir}

% Load packages
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = black]{hyperref}
\usepackage{enumitem}
    \setlist{itemsep=0.05em}
\usepackage{xfrac}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{lipsum}


% TXTT typewriter font
\renewcommand\ttdefault{txtt}
\renewcommand\familydefault{\ttdefault} %% Only if the base font of the document is to be typewriter style
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}


% Formatting matters
\setlength\parskip{1em}
\setlength\parindent{0em}
\renewcommand\contentsname{} % the empty ToC name
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{$\circ$}


% =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
\begin{document}


\lipsum


\end{document}
Ingmar
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    It's expected. I think selection teletype font turns off hyphenation. A wider text block and/or smaller type size can help, as can \sloppy. – musarithmia Apr 05 '23 at 13:00
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    Thanks for the input. It's a bummer because for this use-case the aesthetic is really nice. Cheers! – tlmoore Apr 05 '23 at 13:02
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    You might have better results with a proportional tt font (e.g., Latin Modern Mono Proportional) or a typewriter-esque slab serif like Computer Concrete. – musarithmia Apr 05 '23 at 13:07
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    you can enable hyphenation, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/204420/2388, but monospaced typewriter fonts don't go well together with justified text, better use \raggedright. – Ulrike Fischer Apr 05 '23 at 13:35
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    use \raggedright with fixed width space and no hyphenation it is literally impossible to justify the text margins. – David Carlisle Apr 05 '23 at 13:47
  • Using \raggedright also did the trick. I wasn't fixated on keeping the text justified, so this works just fine. – tlmoore Apr 07 '23 at 07:59

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You can load yourself the font definition file, modifying it to

  1. allow hyphenation, so removing \hyphenchar\font=\m@ne;
  2. define a stretchability for each of the fonts;
  3. define a shrinkability for each of the fonts.
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{memoir}

% Load packages
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}


% TXTT font
\newcommand{\fixfontdimens}{%
  \fontdimen3\font=0.5\fontdimen2\font
  \fontdimen4\font=0.2\fontdimen2\font
}
\DeclareFontFamily{T1}{txtt}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{m}{n}{<->t1xtt}{\fixfontdimens}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{m}{sc}{<->t1xttsc}{\fixfontdimens}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{m}{sl}{<->t1xttsl}{\fixfontdimens}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{m}{it}{<->ssub * txtt/m/sl}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{m}{ui}{<->ssub * txtt/m/sl}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{bx}{n}{<->t1xbtt}{\fixfontdimens}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{bx}{sc}{<->t1xbttsc}{\fixfontdimens}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{bx}{sl}{<->t1xbttsl}{\fixfontdimens}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{bx}{it}{<->ssub * txtt/bx/sl}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{bx}{ui}{<->ssub * txtt/bx/sl}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{b}{n}{<->ssub * txtt/bx/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{b}{sc}{<->ssub * txtt/bx/sc}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{b}{sl}{<->ssub * txtt/bx/sl}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{b}{it}{<->ssub * txtt/bx/it}{}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{txtt}{b}{ui}{<->ssub * txtt/bx/ui}{}


\renewcommand\ttdefault{txtt}
\renewcommand\familydefault{\ttdefault}


\begin{document}


\kant[1]


\textit{\kant[1][1-3]}


\textbf{\kant[1][4-6]}


\end{document}

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