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

[Ulrike F. <li...@ni...>]

Am Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:41:30 +0000 schrieb David Allsopp:

>> 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 example doesn't use T1-encoding and so doesn't need cm-super. 
Add \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}. T1-encoding is needed for languages 
with accents and umlaut, like french and german, so we also always 
need cm-super. 


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Ulrike Fischer 
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