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autotype is a LuaLaTeX package for automatic language-specific typography.
Currently, only the German language is supported (old and new orthography). The
package makes it possible to suppress ligatures at word boundaries, to activate
a hyphenation algorithm that prefers hyphenation points at word boundaries
(weighted hyphenation), to enable irregular hyphenations like backen → bak-ken,
Schiffahrt → Schiff-fahrt of traditional German orthography, and to insert
long s for blackletter typesetting.

Package authors: S. Hennig and K. Wehr
Current maintainer: K. Wehr
Version: 0.6
Date: 27 April 2026
Bug tracker: https://codeberg.org/wehr/autotype/issues

The files of the autotype package are subject to different licences as
indicated in the following file list.

Files in the doc/ subtree:
autotype-de.pdf (LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3)
autotype-de.tex (LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3)

Files in the tex/ subtree:
autotype-cls_pdnm_oop.lua (GNU Affero General Public License)
autotype-cls_pdnm_pattern.lua (GNU Affero General Public License)
autotype-cls_pdnm_spot.lua (GNU Affero General Public License)
autotype-cls_pdnm_trie_simple.lua (GNU Affero General Public License)
autotype-hyph-de-1901-primary.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1901-primary.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1901-secondary.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1901-secondary.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1901-special.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1901-special.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1996-primary.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1996-primary.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1996-secondary.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-1996-secondary.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-CH-1901-primary.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-CH-1901-primary.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-CH-1901-secondary.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-hyph-de-CH-1901-secondary.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype-liga-de.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-liga-de.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype.lua (LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3)
autotype-pdnm_nl_manipulation.lua (GNU Affero General Public License)
autotype-round-s-de.lic.txt (MIT License)
autotype-round-s-de.pat.txt (MIT License)
autotype.sty (LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3)

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autotype – A Lua package for automatic language-specific typography

autotype is a Lua package for automatic language-specific typography. Currently, only the German language is supported (old and new orthography). The package makes it possible to suppress ligatures at word boundaries, to activate a hyphenation algorithm that prefers hyphenation points at word boundaries (weighted hyphenation), to enable irregular hyphenations like backen → bak-ken, Schiffahrt → Schiff-fahrt of traditional German orthography, and to insert long s for blackletter typesetting.

Packageautotype
Supportmailto:trennmuster@dante.de
Bug trackerhttps://codeberg.org/wehr/autotype/issues
Repositoryhttps://codeberg.org/wehr/autotype
Version0.6 2026-04-27
LicensesThe Project Public License 1.3
MIT License
Free license not otherwise listed
Copyright2013–2026 Stephan Hennig and Keno Wehr
MaintainerKeno Wehr
Contained inTeX Live as autotype
MiKTeX as autotype
TopicsTypesetting
German
Hyphenation
Font support
Lua
See alsoselnolig
ligtype
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