[OS X TeX] microtype.sty and german.sty

[Herb Schulz]

On 11/13/04 6:23 AM, "Michael Hoppe" <mh at michael-hoppe.de> wrote:

> Dear TeXers,
> 
> running that document
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> \usepackage{german}
> \usepackage[DVIoutput,expansion=false]{microtype}
> 
> \begin{document}
> a
> \end{document}
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> either under 2003 or 2004, gives me a
> 
> "Package microtype Warning: Character number @tempc  larger than 255!
> Ignoring i
> t on input line 5."
> 
>    But if microtype.sty is loaded *before* german.sty, the file is
> processed flawlessly.  Am I doing sth, wrong?
> 
> Michael
> 

Howdy,

I don't know if this is completely relevant but the documentation for
microtype has a caveat that the package should be loaded as early as
possible.

``Load the microtype package as early as possible. The package will only see
fonts the first time they are selected. If a font has been called before
this package is loaded, it will not be set up for protrusion or expansion.
(This does not apply to the default font, though.) ''

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)

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