[OS X TeX] CM Super, Latin Modern

[Axel E. Retif]

On Jan 18, 2007, at 13:49 , André Bellaïche wrote:

>
> Le 18 janv. 07 à 20:30, Axel E. Retif a écrit :
>
>> On Jan 18, 2007, at 12:52 , Alain Schremmer wrote:
>>
>>> Bruno Voisin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Le 18 janv. 07 à 16:36, Roussanka Loukanova a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> From the above (1)-(4), I can conclude that by having  
>>>>> installed  (e.g., via
>>>>> i-Installer) CM-Super, with no font declarations in the  
>>>>> preamble of  a tex
>>>>> file, CM-Super is used as an add to the CM. I.e., some  
>>>>> overriding,  or expending (the default) CM.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right? It seems to me, Bruno's explanation fits into it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The default is CM (not Super), the original Computer Modern fonts.
>>>>
>>>> Selecting \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} (which more and more LaTeX   
>>>> packages do) switches to the EC fonts, substituted by the CM- 
>>>> Super  fonts in case these are installed.
>>>>
>>>> Adding on top \usepackage{lmodern} switches to the LM fonts.
>>>
>>>
>>> I i-installed TeXShop 1.43 on 10.3.9 about a year or so ago and  
>>> probably did a minimal installation but how do I find out if I  
>>> installed Super?
>>
>> With
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>> \begin{document}
>> Hello
>> \end{document}
>>
>> the log says
>>
>> /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/fonts/enc/dvips/cm-super/cm-supe
>> r-t1.enc}</usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/fonts/type1/public/cm-super/ 
>> sfrm1000.pfb
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Axel
>
>
> But with
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> Hello
> \end{document}
>
> the log says
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>
>
> The font used is not the original computer modern font, but the  
> Postscript Type 1  version of it designed by Bluesky/Textures and  
> given by them to the AMS.
>
> A question : when you use a Type 1 font, TeX do a big lot of work  
> to transform it into a pk font, this is registered in the log. But  
> nothing appear when you use Type 1 CM. Is it because the work has  
> already been done and the output is kept somewhere in the TeX tree ?

I _think_, just think, this is because CM-Super is a MixedMap  
(bitmaps and postscipt), because the pk created have the suffix 2540,  
which is the resolution I choose with texconfig-sys.

Best,

Axel


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