[texhax] The microtype mystery

[Uwe Lueck]

George Gratzer <gratzer at me.com>, 16.08.2010 20:59:19

>My book is 606 pages long. It is a single file plus the .ind file and125 pdf illustrations.
>
>Here are the packages used:
>
>amsmath
>amsthm
>amsxtra
>\RequirePackage[mathscr]{eucal
>amssymb
>latexsym
>amscd
>graphicx
>color
>mdwlist
>chngcntr
>color
>booktabs
>url
>fixltx2e
>verbatim
>enumerate
>xspace
>
>Typeset time as reported by "time":
>
>real	0m2.595s
>user	0m2.527s
>sys	0m0.063s
>
>that is, 3 secs. pdf file is 4.4 MB.
>
>Now if I use the microtype package( the book  is now 3 pages shorter):
>
>real	0m35.443s
>user	0m35.155s
>sys	0m0.115s
>
>typesetting is over 35 secs. pdf file is 4.6 MB.
>
>My iMac has 8GB memory; the whole ms with illustrations is 
>tiny in comparison: about 40 MB.
>
>Anything I could do to speed up this typesetting?

Hans Hagen's TUG 2010 paper indicates something similar, while I don't have own experience with microtypography. Glyph expansion offers more alternatives to try in line-breaking than ordinary typesetting (I guess). 

I liked your General Lattice Theory, thanks!

Cheers to all, 

    Uwe.