Re: \definefont problem with latest beta (mkiv)

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> First of all: mkii format generation still fails here because of
>
> [context.mkii]
>   \loadmkiifile{core-swd}
>
> I added the mkii suffix here to make it run.
> ----
>
> Back to the subject. When using mkiv there is a problem in finding the
> map files of my fonts. Instead of the expanded value of
> \defaultencoding (here texnansi, set in cont-sys.tex) the prefix
> 'default' is used here.
>
> [..]
> fonts          : using map file: default-microsoft-arial
>
> luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-arial.map): cannot open font map file
> fonts          : using map file: default-microsoft-sansserif
>
> luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-sansserif.map): cannot open font
> map file
> fonts          : using map file: default-microsoft-trebuchet
>
> luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-trebuchet.map): cannot open font
> map file
> fonts          : using map file: default-microsoft-tahoma
>
> luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-tahoma.map): cannot open font map
> file
> ----
>
> Mkii works fine with these fonts (TTF). I made a small test file, but
> I'm not sure if the font is choosen wisely (T1). Anyhow, it shows the
> way how I use the upper named fonts in my macros.

You should write new typescripts/files for MkIV because you could
use Truetype fonts without map and tfm files.

Wolfgang
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