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LaTeX also has some bizarre defaults like bitmap fonts in a tool designed to allow people to create high quality typeset documents.
by nailer 1y ago
LaTeX also has some bizarre defaults like bitmap fonts in a tool designed to allow people to create high quality typeset documents.
- throwawaymaths 1y agowhich is ironic considering at one time the appeal of LaTeX was "sane defaults". Don't get me wrong. The default choices were really the best choice at some point in the past. They just no longer are.
- Akronymus 1y agoAnd latex is one of very few programs where changing defaults would fundamentally undermine its very purpose (being able to recreate documents no matter how old)
- michal_h21 1y agoThis was true maybe 20 years ago, before TeX engines that output directly to PDF were created. Today, the recommended engine is LuaLaTeX, and it defaults to OpenType fonts.
- nailer 1y agoThanks for updating me. That corresponds with my own timeline where I last tried it 20 years ago.