Re: Re: Using the free PS Fonts with ConTeXt

[Maarten Sneep <sneep@nat.vu.nl>]

Thanks for the suggestions. Here are the results.

On Monday 10 February 2003 15:28, you wrote:
> Maarten Sneep <sneep@nat.vu.nl> writes:
> > I'm trying to use the free postscript fonts that come with teTeX
> > (urw palatino, times, helvetica, courier and various others, you
> > know the list) in ec encoding.
>
> I'll send you a testfile off list. Please tell me if it is working. A
> couple days ago I have sent a testfile (I think it was to Wolfgang)
> with a changed berry typeface (from type-enc.tex).

With \usetypescriptfile[debian] it is working. The standard way (as defined 
by Hans Hagen) doesn't.

> could you please send me the psfonts.map and pdftex.map files from
> your distribution?

See the attachments.

> > 1 - I've used texfont on the type-ftm.dat file in the default
> > installation
>
> Oh you don't need to reinstall your fonts! The TeX font files already
> a complete mess in an average TeX distribution. No need to increase
> this mess.

But how do you then generate the virtual fonts, or is there some trick in the 
map files to reencode on the fly?

> > My direct questions:
> > a - Did anyone succeed in using the free postscript fonts on Mac OS X,
> >     using a distribution that I use (i.e. the most recent version)
>
> I am not using tetex 2.0 on Mac OS X. Only texlive. And i had a
> successfull attempt.
>
> > b - What were the exact commands that you used? Can you send me a simple
> >     test file?
>
> Yes.
>
> > c - Did you experience the same EC.enc vs ec.enc naming problem?
>
> (I am not using texfont)

But at some point the ec.enc file must be read...

Kind regards,

Maarten Sneep