Re: lucida

[Siep <siepo@cybercomm.nl>]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:50:03 -0800
"Larry Stamm" <larry@larrystamm.com> wrote:

> siep  <siep@elvenkind.com> writes:
> 
>      > Now I got the file showfont.pdf. I copied the example, but I
>      > still got a texnansi-lbr missing font. \setupbodyfont didn't work
>      > either.
> 
>      > A LaTeX file with \usepackage{lucidabr} and either with or
>      > without \usepackage{texnansi} works perfectly.
> 
>      > What assumptions are being made about the way the fonts are
>      > installed? I have been testing on what is basically a stock tetex
>      > with lb... pfb's added and with a context from August, and on a
>      > stock miktex also with with lb... pfb's added.
> 
> After I installed the 10-23-2002 version, I couldn't get any of the
> postcript fonts to work.  So I ended copying all the .afm and .pfb
> postscript files into a temporary directory, and running texfont on the
> whole bunch.  Now they work fine.
> 
> I don't have the lucida .pfb or .pfa files installed on my system, so
> these fonts won't work until I get the .pfb files (is this right?).
> Maybe you should check for the existence of the lucida .pfb files on
> your system as a starting point.  If you find them, read mtexfont.pdf
> and follow the instructions for installing a new font on the lucida font
> files.  You should be in business then.
> 
> I'm just learning myself, and this may be all wrong.  Please enlighten
> me if so; I find the ConTeXt font system to be difficult to understand,
> although it is beginning to make some sense.

Thanks for your input.

Hans, can you confirm that there is no simple way to use an existing
Lucida installation and that this is really necessary? And what about
other PostScript fonts?

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg
siepo@cybercomm.nl