[luatex] LuaTeX file almost 2.5x bigger

[Khaled Hosny]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 08:21:31PM +0200, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
> 
> On 07/29/2010 08:02 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:51:49PM +0200, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
> >>On 07/29/2010 08:30 AM, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> >>>On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 08:20:17AM +0200, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
> >>>>[...]
> >>>>I'm afraid I get the following error with your code above:
> >>>>[...]
> >>>>
> >>>>What am I doing wrong? (I'm afraid it is all Greek to me ;-).)
> >>>
> >>>It should be "expansions" (plural).
> >>
> >>Many thanks for your help, Kahled.
> >>
> >>>If it is desirable, we can add this to luaotfload and call it "simple"
> >>>or something.
> >>
> >>I would agree with that (whichever the name might be).
> >>
> >>Thanks again for your help,
> >
> >Does it help reducing the size of the file, is the output still OK?
> 
> Output seems to be fine, but I'm new to font expansion and
> microtypography in general, so my eye is not trained.
> 
> File size is the same as without font expansion enabled.

So, what do, the more knowledgeable than me, others think, should that
be the default expansion setup?

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer