[OS X TeX] Re: microtype

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Richard Seguin wrote:

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> On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Richard Seguin wrote:
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>>> My experience is similar: a 170 page document that I've worked on compiles only somewhat slower using microtype. Microtype does increase the size of the output PDF file by almost a factor of 2, but I don't consider that to be a problem. Maybe the compile time increase as a ratio is a non-linear function of the size of the document. Anyway, microtype significantly improves the appearance and readability of the document.
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>>> Richard Séguin
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>> Howdy,
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>> How old is your TeX Distribution? Using the microtype package hasn't increased the size of the pdf by much, if at all, for quite a while.
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>> Good Luck,
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>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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> Herb,
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> You're correct! Using TeXLive-2009, use of microtype only increases the size of the document from 1.3 to 1.4 MB (while the number of pages decreases from 171 to 170). I guess I haven't checked this for a long time. Sorry! 
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> Richard

Howdy,

At one time pdftex partially embedded each of the expanded fonts which could create a very large file. It hasn't used that method for at least the last two distributions.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)