66 characters per line using Lawtex

Question

I'm writing a legal brief and was hoping to use latex with lawtex . Lawtex works rather well except I'm writing a Letter Brief and need the characters in a line including spaces to be no wider than 66 characters and no bigger than 14pt. I've tried ;

• \fontsize{size}{skip},
• \usepackage{anyfontsize}
• scrartcl
• and found the suggestion in post Nicely force 66 characters per line.

I was hoping to get the last option Nicely force 66 characters per line working but maybe I'm missing something because I can't get it to work. Nothing changes when I add it. In MS Word, or Libre Office Writer(preferred) using 14pt with .3 expanded spacing works but doesn't handle the citing(at least I don't know how to make citing work in the word processors).

So my question is since I could not get the macro (Nicely force 66 characters per line) to work with the lawtex package. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better work around? Any help would be appreciated. Here's an example. but I need it to not exceed 66 characters per line with a 1 in margin and with 14pt times new roman font.

Code

\providecommand{\documentclassflag}{}
\documentclass[12pt\documentclassflag]{lawbrief} 
%\documentclass[12pt, letterpaper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{setspace,xcolor}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{calc}
\newcommand*\GetTextWidth[3][\normalfont\normalsize]{{#1%
        \settowidth{#2}{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}%
        \setlength{#2}{0.03193#2}%
        \addtolength{#2}{0.4961pt}%
        \setlength{#2}{#3#2}%
        \global#2=#2}}
\newlength\bringhurstwdt
\GetTextWidth{\bringhurstwdt}{66}
\geometry{textwidth=\bringhurstwdt}
\begin{document}
\section*{PRELIMINARY STATEMENT}
\doublespacing

On July 11, 2016, approximately between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.,
 plaintiff Goldi Locks participated in a yoga class at Forest
 Park Plaza in Pretend Ville, New Jersey. (Pa2; Pa14). At the end
 of class, plaintiff was unable to find a ride home. (Pa2; Pa14).
 She decided to walk home, although it was hot and humid that
 day, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. (Pa2; Pa14).
 At about 1:45 p.m., plaintiff was mid-way home and was
 walking on Warm Welcome Avenue in Fairytale, Mercer County, New
 Jersey. (Pa3). Plaintiff felt fatigued and hungry and decided to
 look for a place to stop and get rest and food before continuing
 her walk home. (Pa3; Pa13). At about 1:55 p.m., plaintiff came
 across a building with an open door and mat that said "WELCOME
 FRIENDS." (Pa3; Pa13). There were no signs on the property
 indicating the building was private or warning people to keep
 off of the property. (Pa3; Pa13; Pa23).
 Plaintiff entered the building, hoping to get food and
 rest. (Pa3; Pa13). There were no people in the building, but
 plaintiff found three different sized bowls of porridge on a
 counter. (Pa3; Pa13). Since plaintiff was hungry, she decided to
 try a spoonful of porridge from the largest bowl first, but it
 was too hot and she burned her tongue. (Pa3; Pa13). Plaintiff
 then tried the porridge in the mid-sized bowl and it was too
 cold. (Pa3; Pa13). Plaintiff finally tried the porridge in the
 smallest bowl and exclaimed, "Yummy! This one is just
 right!" (Pa3; Pa13).
\end{document} ```

Answer 1

You mentioned that you used expanded spacing on a Word Processor. You can do something similar with microtype, which you've loaded, but... with your specified 1 inch margin, the output isn't pretty.

To get close to 66 characters per line, I need to

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[letterspace=250]{microtype}
\begin{document}
\lsstyle
On July 11, 2016, approximately between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., 
 plaintiff Goldi Locks participated in a yoga class at Forest 
 Park Plaza in Pretend Ville, New Jersey. (Pa2; Pa14). At the end 
 of class, plaintiff was unable to find a ride home. (Pa2; Pa14). 
 She decided to walk home, although it was hot and humid that
 day, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. (Pa2; Pa14).
 At about 1:45 p.m., plaintiff was mid-way home and was
 walking on Warm Welcome Avenue in Fairytale, Mercer County, New
 Jersey. (Pa3). Plaintiff felt fatigued and hungry and decided to
 look for a place to stop and get rest and food before continuing
 her walk home. (Pa3; Pa13). At about 1:55 p.m., plaintiff came
 across a building with an open door and mat that said "WELCOME
 FRIENDS." (Pa3; Pa13). There were no signs on the property
 indicating the building was private or warning people to keep
 off of the property. (Pa3; Pa13; Pa23).
 Plaintiff entered the building, hoping to get food and
 rest. (Pa3; Pa13). There were no people in the building, but
 plaintiff found three different sized bowls of porridge on a
 counter. (Pa3; Pa13). Since plaintiff was hungry, she decided to
 try a spoonful of porridge from the largest bowl first, but it
 was too hot and she burned her tongue. (Pa3; Pa13). Plaintiff
 then tried the porridge in the mid-sized bowl and it was too
 cold. (Pa3; Pa13). Plaintiff finally tried the porridge in the
 smallest bowl and exclaimed, "Yummy! This one is just
 right!" (Pa3; Pa13).
\end{document}

which outputs something that I wouldn't exactly call legible.

---

As remarked in the comments, I overlooked the possibility of using 14pt fonts. So here's a version with 14pt (using the extsizes package). The letterspacing can be less aggressive, but the added spacing still makes the text hard to read in my opinion.

\documentclass[14pt]{extarticle}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[letterspace=180]{microtype}
\begin{document}...

---

If you are open to using a font different from times, the output can be a lot more pleasant. For example, the following uses the Libre Baskerville font (which is a lot wider than times) and a much less aggressive letter spacing. Combined with double spacing it actually looks normal.

 \documentclass[14pt]{extarticle}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{librebaskerville}
\usepackage[letterspace=40]{microtype}
\usepackage{setspace}
\begin{document}
\doublespacing
\lsstyle
\noindent On July 11, 2016, approximately between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., 
 plaintiff Goldi L...