Hi All, I am having a strange problem with generating a figures database. When I run: texexec --use=fig-make --mode=letter figures.xml texexec chokes (see below). Any ideas? TIA, Glenn --------------------------- Output from texexec ---------------------- pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-logo.map pdftex : needs map file: original-micropress-informal.map ) (/opt/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/opt/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex))kpathsea: Running mktextfm Times-Roman /opt/TeX/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation T for Times-Roman. /opt/TeX/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /opt/TeX/texmf/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf \mode:=ljfzzz; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.7x) kpathsea: Running mktexmf Times-Roman ! I can't find file `Times-Roman'. <*> ...zzz; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...zzz; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf \mode:=ljfzzz; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=Times-Roman at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fo und. \lastfontname ->Times-Roman at \scaledfont \donoparsefontspec ... #1\endcsname \lastfontname \relax \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#2}\newfontidentifier \doresetrelativefontsize \... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... ... l.283 [pos] ? -- Glenn R. Williams ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Mathematical theories are the part of science you could continue to do if you woke up tomorrow and discovered the universe was gone"