Re: microtype for texinfo

[Patrice Dumas]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 05:21:55PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 12:09:21PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > I implemented in LaTeX output too.  There was an error without the
> > cm-super font.  I am a bit surprised that microtyping works out of the
> > box in TeX, but not with LaTeX...
> > 
> > I documented that cm-super is needed in the Microtyping node, but it is
> > hideen in an appendix, and there will be errors when processing LaTeX
> > without the cm-super fonts, so it may be better to document this
> > requirement earlier and more prominently too.
> 
> If microtype has more requirements for LaTeX then we could turn it
> off by default for LaTeX.

My feeling is that I am (we are?) missing something, and that it could
be set in the default case in LaTeX.  Actually, in the manual, it is
said that the CM-Super fonts are better and needed for PDF for Texinfo
TeX too.  So maybe I was missing something from the beginning without
the cm-super package, or TeX and LaTeX cm-super package are not the
same.  I do not feel cnfident on that subject, as I do not understand
the subject.

Something better than setting it off in the default case in LaTeX output
would be to detect if the font is scalable, though I have no idea at all
if it is doable.

Another option would be to ask on the texlive distribution mailing list
I am on.  This could be on topic, as the issue may be at the
intersection of LaTeX and how it is distributed.

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Pat