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I like to use the excellent Cabin Condensed font by Pablo Impallari. I switch to this font using the handy \cabincondensed command defined by the cabin package. However, after I updated to TeXLive 2019 this command is not working as expected. To discard issues with my local installation, I used Overleaf to test this minimum example:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{cabin}
\begin{document}
\cabincondensed Hello world
\end{document}

Unfortunately I get this:

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However, if I switch the compiler to TeXLive 2018 (thanks Overleaf for that functionality) I get the expected font:

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My question is, is the issue with the cabin package? With TeXLive 2019? And most importantly, is there a way to fix this?

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  • You wrote, "... after I updated to TeXLive 2019 …" TeXLive2020 has been the most to date TeXLive distribution for more than half a year. Any chance you could update to TeXLive2020 and check if the font issue persists? – Mico Oct 4 '20 at 12:25
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    @Mico I try to keep the same version as in Overleaf (which is 2019), so through Dropbox integration I can seamlessly write and compile either through a local, offline installation, or online through Overleaf. – JorgeGT Oct 5 '20 at 12:29
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    Well this is awkward, it seems that Overleaf has added TeXLive2020 today! Unfortunately the error still appears in TeXLive2020 exactly as in 2019. – JorgeGT Oct 5 '20 at 15:57
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the command has changed (probably to adjust to some changes in LaTeX regarding font series): it now only switches the series, and not the font family. This means that you have to select the family too e.g. with \cabin or \sffamily (I'm not sure if this was intended).

Beside this, the command has a bug, it contains spurious spaces:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{cabin}
\begin{document}
H\cabin\cabincondensed ello world
\end{document}

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  • Thanks! I did notice this but since it generated spurious spaces I thought this was not the intended use. Any idea on how to consistently get rid of the space? In any case I will contact the package maintainer to report the bug. – JorgeGT Oct 5 '20 at 12:36

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