Re: [MiKTeX] Add cm-super as default package

[David A. <dra...@me...>]

Oliver Kopp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am a huge fan of the microtype package, as this is a unique selling
> point of LaTeX. However, with the default install of MiKTeX it does not
> work out of the box: "auto expansion is only possible with scalable fonts,
> microtype package, "

I'm not seeing this with the example at https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AndiH/8b65adbeb77b00c4b970/raw/2f97ea76a74bf8a729603d26461c9b888d9454be/microtypeExample.tex. On a fresh basic install with only microtype added, I commented out the \usepackage[bitstream-charter]{mathdesign} and that file seems to compile fine with pdflatex?

> The solution is to install the cm-super package and to run "initexmf --
> mkmaps" (Source: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/310169/9075). Is it
> possible to install cm-super as default or add it as dependency to the
> microtype package? Meaning: If a user uses \usepackage{microtype}, the cm-
> super package should be installed, too.

Adding cm-super as a default would increase the size of the basic installer by nearly a third. It would be bad to have it as a dependency of microtype. At best, what's really wanted here is "package recommendations" which is something that a lot of Linux package managers can do but not something which I think MiKTeX's can do. That previous example works perfectly as intended with the mathdesign package, providing at least one example of why cm-super is not an appropriate *dependency* of microtype.


David