[tex-live] Using LM instead of CM

[Zdenek Wagner]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, [ISO-8859-1] Martin Schröder wrote:

> 2006/6/8, Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl>:
> > Ralf Stubner wrote:
> > > Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl> continues to write:
> > >> the aer stuff can also go
> > >
> > > I don't understand this. The AE fonts are just a bunch of virtual fonts
> > > to make CM look like (almost) T1 encoded.
> > >
> > indeed, but we don't need virtual fonts any more
>
> Indeed, but removing them will break old documents. If it aint't
> broken, don't fix it. :-)
>
AE fonts can be mapped to LM fonts. It will reduce the space required for
all *.pfb and I believe that the result will look nicer. Of course,
ae*.tfm must be preserved.

> Best
>     Martin
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