- Improve bigfloat behavior.

- Add Hyphenation package.
- Make margin figure caption ragged right/left depending on page.

Layout.sty

@@ -10,30 +10,19 @@
 %#region
 	\RequirePackage[pass]{geometry}
 	\RequirePackage{calc}
-	\RequirePackage{ifoddpage}
+	\RequirePackage{changepage}
 
 	\newlength{\contentwidth}
 	\setlength{\contentwidth}{\textwidth+\marginparsep+\marginparwidth}
 
-	\newlength{\bfFigureWidth}
-	\newlength{\bfMarginOffset}
-	\newcommand{\bigfloat}[2][1in]{%
-		\setlength{\bfFigureWidth}{#1*-2+\paperwidth}%
-		\checkoddpage%
-		\ifoddpage%
-			\setlength{\bfMarginOffset}{-1in+#1-\oddsidemargin}%
-		\else%
-			\setlength{\bfMarginOffset}{-1in+#1-\evensidemargin}%
-		\fi%
-		\begin{figure}[ht]%
-			{\leavevmode%
-				\put(\bfMarginOffset,0in){%
-					\begin{minipage}{\bfFigureWidth}%
-						#2%
-					\end{minipage}%
-				}%
-			}%
-		\end{figure}%
+	\newcommand{\bigfloat}[3][1in]{%
+		\begin{#2}[htp]%
+			\begin{adjustwidth*}{-#1}{-#1}%
+				\begin{minipage}{#1 * 2 + \textwidth}%
+					#3%
+				\end{minipage}%
+			\end{adjustwidth*}%
+		\end{#2}%
 	}
 %#endregion
 
@@ -51,4 +40,18 @@
 %#region
 	\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 	\setlength{\parskip}{2ex plus 0.5ex minus 0.5ex}
-%#endregion
+%#endregion
+
+\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.9}	% max fraction of floats at top
+\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.8}	% max fraction of floats at bottom
+%   Parameters for TEXT pages (not float pages):
+\setcounter{topnumber}{2}
+\setcounter{bottomnumber}{2}
+\setcounter{totalnumber}{4}     % 2 may work better
+\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{2}    % for 2-column pages
+\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{0.9}	% fit big float above 2-col. text
+\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.07}	% allow minimal text w. figs
+%   Parameters for FLOAT pages (not text pages):
+\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}	% require fuller float pages
+% N.B.: floatpagefraction MUST be less than topfraction !!
+\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{0.7}	% require fuller float pages