I seem to recall reading somewhere that fontenc
should be loaded either before or after the packages loading fonts, but I cannot remember which. I don't see differences between loading it before and after. Was what I read incorrect, or is there a preferred package loading order and why?
Load Fontenc Package Before or After Font Packages?
font-encodingsfontsincompatibilitypackages
Best Answer
fntguide is my standard go-to reference for these kinds of questions. Here's the entirety of what it has to say about the matter:
In other words, there are no (non-pathological) dependencies in the load order that affect the final output. Compilation efficiency, however, might be less in one direction than the other. I used to load fonts then
fontenc
but, as I have never noticed a downside effect, solely for code tidiness, now lump it with my other encoding code before loading fonts.