Bug#133649: current state of cm-super

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

Hi,

Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> wrote:

> Is there any progress in getting cm-super integrated in sarge?
>
> I have many friends that would like to generate decent PDF files with
> Computer Modern fonts (or the Concrete Mathematics fonts), but since the
> packages that Claire put in her repository
> (http://people.debian.org/~cmc/) are gone, I am not able to make new
> install both for mylsef and my friends.

Did you try the lmodern package? The Latin Modern fonts are "enhanced"
(with accented characters and more) Computer Modern fonts in Type 1
format. As far as French typesetting is concerned, they are similar to
cm-super but it seems they are of better quality (I say "seems" because
I am not myself a font expert).

Perhaps they could solve the problem for you and your friends.


PS: the lmodern version in unstable (0.86-9) has X and defoma support
    for the fonts; for TeX-related work only, the version in testing
    (0.86-7) should be equivalent.

-- 
Florent