2.12.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

2.12.2.1 Error in TeX Live a^\200\223 Font ... not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/75166/error-in-tex-live-font-not-loadable-metric-tfm-file-not-found

I freshly installed 'basic' version of TeX Live 2012 (not full, only basic version). 
I have following line in my code: 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
I get following error: 
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- asked by abhinavkulkarni (56 votes), answered by mpg (45 votes)

2.12.2.2 Force figure placement in text

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/8625/force-figure-placement-in-text

I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
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- asked by Marin (215 votes), answered by Juan A. Navarro (245 votes)