On 2018-08-10, Daniel wrote:
> On 10/08/2018 11:27, Kornel Benko wrote:
>> Am Freitag, 10. August 2018 10:32:18 CEST schrieb Daniel <xraco...@gmx.de>:
>>> With the attached document on generating output I get a

>>> pdfTeX error (font expansion): auto expansion is only possible with
>>> scalable [fonts.]

>>> It disappears when I disable the micro-typographic extension. I get the
>>> error on Windows 10 (official installer 2.3.0). Scott couldn't reproduce
>>> with his system (I guess Ubuntu 18.04).

>>> Daniel


>> The difference may lay on the font used on your platform.
>> The font in this doc is set to 'Default'. Try to select a different
>> font, like 'TeX Gyre'.

> That works. Since it doesn't even work with the default font on Windows, 
> maybe it is worth mentioning in the Fonts Dialog that the 
> micro-typographic extensions works only with certain fonts. Maybe show a 
> message box that the user has to OK or so.

It does not work with the default fonts on every system, because the LyX
defaults select a bitmap font.
See https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9741 for details.

Günter

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