[OS X TeX] microtype options not working with MacTeX-2013

[Michael Sharpe]

On Jul 7, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Tobias Tangemann <tobias at tangemann.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to use the microtype package on my mac using MacTex-2013.
> Setting a few microtype options seems to trigger the generation of some font stuff with "mktextfm",
> but it fails with the error message:
> 
> ! Font csnameendcsname=bchr8t+20 at 10.95pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
> 
> Best regards
> Tobias Tangemann
> 
> Minimal example:
> 
> \documentclass{scrbook}
> \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage{charter}
> \usepackage[activate = true,
>            tracking = true,
>            kerning = true,
>            spacing = true]{microtype}
> 
> \begin{document}test\end{document}
> 
> -

Your document works in pdflatex mode but not in latex (ie, dvi output) mode because activate turns on font expansion and that is not automatically handled in dvi ouput mode.

Michael