[OS X TeX] CM Super, Latin Modern

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 18.01.2007 um 15:21 schrieb Roussanka Loukanova:

> I'm switching in this email from the other Subject: accept my  
> apology, if this is not straight.
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>>> I do not want to use CM Super unintentionally
>>
>> You should be glad about having them installed: clear PDF output  
>> readable in any viewer! And the document is finished at once, once  
>> you forgot to use Latin Modern or some PostScript fonts (which do  
>> not always substitute super- or subscripts, footnote marks,  
>> maths ...), no need to create the missing PK fonts first.
>
> Then, what should one do to make sure that CM Super is the default?

CM Super is not a default, CM (Computer Modern) is the default. To  
ease our life to make TeX output readable CM Super was created.

> How to know which (CM Super or Latin Modern) is the default for a  
> TeX distribution and usage?

It's none of them yet, so there is no need to know whether it's this  
or that substitute.

> And how to switch from one to another, if needed?

\usepackage{lmodern} switches in LaTeX to Latin Modern. Similiar  
statements switch to other TrueType or PostScript fonts. Loading no  
foreign font makes you use CM (Computer Modern). Once the CM-Super  
fonts are installed the MAP files are changed so that pdfTeX, dvips,  
(x)dvipdfm(x) use CM-Super instead of CM.

>
> If I include \usepackage{lmodern} in the preamble of a tex file  
> (e.g., test1-url-lmodern.tex), then in the output buffer I see  
> something like:
>
> with gwTeX:
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/tex/latex/lm/lmodern.sty)
>
> with TeXLive:
> (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lm/lmodern.sty)

These come from the "\usepackage{lmodern}" statement.

>
> If I comment out \usepackage{lmodern} in the tex file, I do not see  
> which one is the default (CM Super or Latin Modern, etc).

There can usually be only one default CM. CM-Super is an add-on.

>
> By the way, what would be the declaration in the preamble of a tex  
> file for CM Super?
>

Not loading any other font, so it's rather a non-declaration that  
assures the use of CM.

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   Pete

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