tfm but no afm or pfb

tfm but no afm or pfb

[Matthew Huggett]

Hi:

I'm running MikTeX 2.1 and I noticed that I have a number of tfm files for
Adobe fonts; however, there are no other corresponding files (afm, pfb).  Is
the tfm enough for ConTeXt?

Matthew Huggett

RE: tfm but no afm or pfb

[Kris Hermans]

Matthew,

unfortunately, font metric files (*.tfm) are not enough for using the fonts.
The pfb files have to be bought from the actual vendor.

cheers,

Kris Hermans

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Matthew Huggett
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Onderwerp: tfm but no afm or pfb

Hi:

I'm running MikTeX 2.1 and I noticed that I have a number of tfm files for
Adobe fonts; however, there are no other corresponding files (afm, pfb).  Is
the tfm enough for ConTeXt?

Matthew Huggett

Re: tfm but no afm or pfb

[Idris S Hamid]

On Monday 03 June 2002 02:01, Matthew Huggett wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I'm running MikTeX 2.1 and I noticed that I have a number of tfm files for
> Adobe fonts; however, there are no other corresponding files (afm, pfb). 
> Is the tfm enough for ConTeXt?

Matthew,
You will certainly need the pfb files if you want to view these fonts, though 
TeX only needs the tfm files to compile; unless pdfeTeX or ConTeXt does 
something particular for some esoteric applications with the afm files you 
probably don't need them (I've certainly never had to use them to compile 
anything).

Best wishes
Idris
-- 
Dr. Idris S Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80526