Problem with libertine font for pretty big quotes

Question

The following code, that I used with success, does not work with the last TeX LIve distribution. I don't know why.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\begin{document}
    {\fontsize{32}{32}\selectfont''}
    {\fontfamily{fxl}\fontsize{32{32}\selectfont''}
\end{document}

Here is what is produced.

How can I continue to have pretty quotes ?

Answer 1

The libertine-legacy font has been replaced, try:

\fontfamily{LinuxLibertineO-LF}\fontsize{32}{32}\selectfont

Portability

If you want to make your code as portable as possible (Libertine has only been replaced recently, and has not been replaced for MiKTeX users) use:

\IfFileExists{libertine-type1.sty}{
    \fontfamily{LinuxLibertineO-LF}\fontsize{32}{32}\selectfont 
}{
    \fontfamily{fxl}\fontsize{32}{32}\selectfont
}

This checks if the new libertine package is installed and defines your command based on that.

For old style figures, use LinuxLibertineO-OsF instead of LinuxLibertineO-LF.

Issues

If you don't use the libertine package, bold might not work. To fix this, you either have to redefine \bfdefault:

\renewcommand*{\bfdefault}{b}

Or you'll have to change the way you use your quotes: don't use \bfseries or \textbf and define your font like this:

\fontfamily{fxl}\fontsize{32}{32}\fontseries{b}\selectfont

Letters available are m (medium) b (bold) and sb (semibold).

Example

\noindent
{\fontfamily{fxl}\fontsize{32}{32}\fontseries{m}\selectfont `'}
{\fontfamily{LinuxLibertineO-LF}\fontsize{32}{32}\fontseries{m}\selectfont `'}
{\fontfamily{LinuxLibertineO-LF}\fontsize{32}{32}\fontseries{sb}\selectfont `'}
{\fontfamily{LinuxLibertineO-LF}\fontsize{32}{32}\fontseries{b}\selectfont `'}