[OS X TeX] Microtype Report(?)

[Aaron Jackson]

How about this, a 38 page dissertation proposal with math using sabon 
and math time pro fonts.  Without microtype 200K.  With microtype 1.1 
MB!

On Nov 11, 2004, at 3:48 PM, Herb Schulz wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> Now that I've got microtype working with the fonts I use I've started 
> to
> look at the pdf file sizes and using expansion can have quite and 
> effect on
> that since pdftex must embed the expanded fonts as well as the original
> fonts. I've played with a few files using Lucida Bright as well as 
> Times,
> Palatino, Fourier and Charter all with Scaled Helvetica and Scaled 
> Courier
> and turning expansion on increased the size of the PDFs by a factor 
> 2.5--3.5
> times (e.g., 72k --> 244k for a 6 page report with maths, etc.).
>
> It certainly makes beautiful paragraphs with much less hyphenation, in 
> most
> cases, and a tight uniform "color" visually.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
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