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Package: texlive
Version: 2007-12
Severity: normal
When trying to compile the given input file by means of pdflatex it
fails every time. Giving me this error:
! pdfTeX error (font expansion): auto expansion is only possible with
scalable fonts.
Removing the \sffamily directive of the advisespace environment seems to
alleviate this problem. Commenting out the \usepackage directive for
microtype or mathdesign also allows pdflatex to compile the input file
properly.
Then lastly this only seems to apply to "long" lines (i.e. lines being
wider than the hbox).
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minimal input file
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[charter]{mathdesign}
\usepackage{microtype}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
% Example 1
% If this line is uncommented pdflatex fails
% \item \sffamily{Aren't the values a bit farfetched? Artifical,
% maybe---however, it is important to remember}
% Example 2
% If this line is uncommented pdflatex succeeds
% \item Aren't the values a bit farfetched? Artifical, maybe---however,
% it is important to remember
% Example 3
% If this line is uncommented pdflatex succeeds
% \item \sffamily{Aren't the values a bit farfetched? Artifical,
% maybe---however, it is}
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1034 2007-11-26 20:28 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2007-10-20 16:26 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-10-20 16:26 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-10-20 16:26 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
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Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2007-10-20 16:26 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6750 2007-11-26 20:28 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12927 2007-11-26 20:28 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13348 2007-11-26 20:28 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
totaal 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 2007-06-20 17:33 mktex.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
25bf3a257a0bedb5c67349c3eaff74af /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
5f7f6652cc8b8071c9e4ea6ba9e9f0a1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
8a26468004b5ebc7ae9884740356c1d0 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
7ae52efac46feb97010986e57877d12e /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf
e36faa13563bdb46303b91ab3f6ea638 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
7e8f87acdeba48edac16d851c77b9e75 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
30f4f13357c2761ed01a6a15f28725a5 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages texlive depends on:
ii texlive-fonts-recommended 2007-12 TeX Live: Recommended fonts
ii texlive-latex-base 2007-12 TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages
ii texlive-latex-recommended 2007-12 TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packag
texlive recommends no packages.
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.17 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 3.003 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive is related to:
pn tetex-base <none> (no description available)
ii tetex-bin 2007-12 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii tetex-extra 2007-12 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii tex-common 1.9 Common infrastructure for using an
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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Hi Giel,
I am closing this bug, because the error message clearly states that
what you are doing cannot work:
> ! pdfTeX error (font expansion): auto expansion is only possible with
> scalable fonts.
If you load microtype it will try to do font expansion. But you are
using OT1 encoded sffamily which is cmss (AFAIR) which is a bitmapped
font. That cannot work.
You have to set up your fonts in a way that all the fonts (or all the
fonts treated by microtype) are type1 fonts.
Please consult the manual of microtype as shipped with the packages.
Thanks.
> Then lastly this only seems to apply to "long" lines (i.e. lines being
> wider than the hbox).
Yes of course, because in this case microtype tries to use the advanced
features of pdftex of automatic font expansion/shrinking. But as I said,
this only works with type1 fonts.
Best wishes
Norbert
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Debian Developer <preining@debian.org> Debian TeX Group
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