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diff --git a/quad/qtest/test-kafka-tester.pdf b/quad/qtest/test-kafka-tester.pdf
index 4dfdabed..3e2a8634 100644
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diff --git a/quad/qtest/test-symbol-tester.pdf b/quad/qtest/test-symbol-tester.pdf
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diff --git a/quad/quad/atomize.rkt b/quad/quad/atomize.rkt
index 5f94df60..5dc47968 100644
--- a/quad/quad/atomize.rkt
+++ b/quad/quad/atomize.rkt
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
                                                          ['emoji  emoji-font-family]
                                                          ['math math-font-family]
                                                          [_ fallback-font-family]))
+                     (hash-set! new-attrs run-key (eq-hash-code new-attrs))
                      (font-path-resolver new-attrs)
                      new-attrs]))
            (cons maybe-fallback-attrs str))]))))
diff --git a/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl b/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl
index 44a8963f..00cf9d59 100644
--- a/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl
+++ b/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ Whether the quad has bold styling applied. Activated only when value is @racket[
 Whether the quad has italic styling applied. Activated only when value is @racket["true"]. 
 }
 
+@defthing[#:kind "attribute" font-tracking symbol?]{
+Spacing between characters. Value is given as a @tech{dimension string}.
+}
+
 @defthing[#:kind "attribute" line-height symbol?]{
 Distance between baselines. Value is a @tech{dimension string}.
 }
diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt
index 04601b90..8dd6c862 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Naming guidelines
                font-features
                font-italic
                font-bold
-               character-tracking
+               font-tracking
                bg
                link
                href
diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt
index 4d740fae..aba61b81 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     (define str (unsafe-car (quad-elems q)))
     (match-define (list x y) (quad-origin q))
     (text doc str x y
-          #:tracking (quad-ref q :character-tracking 0)
+          #:tracking (quad-ref q :font-tracking 0)
           #:bg (quad-ref q :bg)
           #:features (quad-ref q :font-features default-font-features)
           #:link (quad-ref q :link))))
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@
         [str
          (font-size pdf (quad-ref q :font-size default-font-size))
          (font pdf (path->string (quad-ref q font-path-key default-font-face)))
-         (+ (string-width pdf str
-                          #:tracking (quad-ref q :character-tracking 0)
-                          #:features (quad-ref q :font-features default-font-features)))]
+         (if (equal? str "\u00AD")
+             (quad-ref q :font-tracking 0)
+             (+ (string-width pdf str
+                              #:tracking (quad-ref q :font-tracking 0)
+                              #:features (quad-ref q :font-features default-font-features))))]
         [else 0]))
     (list string-size (quad-ref q :line-height (current-line-height pdf)))))
 
@@ -75,12 +77,12 @@
     [(? line-break-quad?) q]
     [_
      (struct-copy
-      quad q:string
-      [attrs (let ([attrs (quad-attrs q)])
+      string-quad q:string
+      [attrs #:parent quad (let ([attrs (quad-attrs q)])
                (hash-ref! attrs :font-size default-font-size)
                attrs)]
-      [elems (quad-elems q)]
-      [size (make-size-promise q)])]))
+      [elems #:parent quad (quad-elems q)]
+      [size #:parent quad (make-size-promise q)])]))
 
 
 (define (draw-debug q doc [fill-color "#f99"] [stroke-color "#fcc"] [stroke-width 0.5])
diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/tags.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/tags.rkt
index 7f7e127f..18585ef6 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/tags.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/tags.rkt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
                   :keep-first-lines "2"
                   :keep-last-lines "3"
                   :font-size-adjust "100%"
-                  :character-tracking "0"
                   :hyphenate "true"
                   :display (symbol->string (gensym)))
                  attrs) exprs))