[pdftex] Setting text rendering parameter

[Martin Schröder]

2009/9/29 Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>:
> Hamburgensis
> \hbox to 0pt{%
>  \pdfsave
>  \pdfliteral page {0.1 w 1 Tr}Hamburgensis%
>  \hss
>  \pdfrestore
> }%
> \hphantom{Hamburgensis}
> Hamburgensis

And why is this better than Paweł's solution, which doesn't need \hphantom etc.?

Best
   Martin