[tex-live] cm fonts are a bit messed up

[Norbert Preining]

On Mit, 13 Jul 2005, Vladimir Volovich wrote:
>  NP> \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>  NP> \usepackage{type1ec} \begin{document} \texttt{preining at logic.at}
>  NP> \end{document}
>  >>  please put \usepackage{type1ec} BEFORE \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> 
>  NP> Same same, no difference:
> 
> OK, please pass option "10pt" to package "type1ec":
> 
> \usepackage[10pt]{type1ec}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

Works. But this is hard to know, isn't it?

Can you explain me btw why I have to use type1ec at all? 

Best wishes

Norbert

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