[OS X TeX] Problem with the "mathdesign" package under TeXLive 2014

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jul 13, 2014, at 12:16 PM, J. McKenzie Alexander <jalex at lse.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm encountering a problem I can't figure out when I try to use the "mathdesign" package with TeXLive 2014.  Here's the minimal source file I'm using:
> 
>> \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
>> \usepackage[activate]{microtype}
>> \usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
>> 
>> \begin{document}
>> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
>> \end{document}

Howdy,

No problem compiling the file here. Placed \listfiles before the \documentclass and got

 *File List*
 article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
  size12.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
microtype.sty    2013/05/23 v2.5a Micro-typographical refinements (RS)
  keyval.sty    2014/05/08 v1.15 key=value parser (DPC)
microtype-pdftex.def    2013/05/23 v2.5a Definitions specific to pdftex (RS)
microtype.cfg    2013/05/23 v2.5a microtype main configuration file (RS)
mathdesign.sty    2013/08/29 v2.31 Math Design Project
  ifthen.sty    2001/05/26 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
   mdugm.cfg
   mdugm.sty    2013/08/29 v2.31 urw garamondno8 + mdugm (Math Design Project)
  mdfont.def    2013/08/29 v2.31 (Math Design Project)
mdsffont.def    2013/08/29 v2.31 (Math Design Project)
mdttfont.def    2013/08/29 v2.31 (Math Design Project)
 xkeyval.sty    2014/05/25 v2.7 package option processing (HA)
 xkeyval.tex    2014/05/25 v2.7 key=value parser (HA)
ot1mdugm.fd    2013/08/29 Fontinst v1.933 font definitions for OT1/mdugm.
 fontenc.sty
   t1enc.def    2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX file
 t1mdugm.fd    2013/08/29 Fontinst v1.933 font definitions for T1/mdugm.
  mdacmr.fd    
  mdbcmr.fd    
  mt-ugm.cfg    2006/01/26 v1.0 microtype config. file: URW Garamond (RS)
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Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)