[tex-live] Problem with T1 encoding and Type1 fonts

[Vladimir Volovich]

"MK" == Markus Kohm writes:

 MK> Vladimir Volovich writes:
 >> i think that LM fonts do not support the same wide range of font
 >> sizes as do the EC fonts.

 MK> The original problem was that the cm-super installation of TeX
 MK> Live does not support the same wide range of font sizes as do the
 MK> EC fonts, wasn't it?

 MK> The problem with cm-super of TeX Live is: If a user needs help
 MK> because of bitmap-fonts (Type-3) at pdfs or ps using T1 encoding
 MK> he'd often be told to install cm-super. But with TeX Live he
 MK> already uses cm-super. So the community has to know, that he uses
 MK> TeX Live's cm-super (and which version of TeX Live) to tell him:
 MK> use cm-super from CTAN or add \usepackage{lmodern} instead. Not
 MK> good.

i don't know satisfactory solution besides either removing partial
cm-super from TeX Live or installing full distribution (after all, TeX
Live on DVD has plenty of free space, so why not install the full
package?). - or somehow to manage to tell users to use the
\usepackage[10pt]{type1ec}

similar situation (with mized Type1 and PK fonts) would occur with TeX
Live's CBgreek fonts...

Best,
v.