Re: missing *8t.tfm files

[Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>]

On 2007-08-26 16:04, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I've recently started reading about typefaces in ConTeXt, and trying out
>> the examples of `showfont.pdf', but stumbled upon errors for almost all
>> the fonts.
>
> don't use tetex, use tex live or take one of the more recent packages
> (see wiki)

Unfortunately, teTeX is the `standard' TeX distribution on FreeBSD.
I'll try TeX live, though.  Thanks :)

> you've probably chosen an encoding that has no matching tfm files in
> the distribition
>
> (\setupencoding[default=ec] may help)

Thanks for the tip :-)

It seems teTeX is missing tfm files even for `ec', since trying to
typeset a PDF version of the following:

  \setuppapersize[A4]

  % Define page margins, and enable them for this document.
  \definelayout[keramidaLayout]
    [backspace=60mm,cutspace=20mm,width=middle]
  \setuplayout[keramidaLayout]

  \setupencoding[default=ec]
  \definetypeface [postscript] [rm] [serif] [times]    [default]
  \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default]
  [rscale=.9]
  \definetypeface [postscript] [tt] [mono] [courier]   [default]
  [rscale=1.1]
  \switchtotypeface [postscript] [11pt]

  \starttext

  \subject{Foxes and dogs}
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.

  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog.
  \stoptext

Still results in missing font errors, like this:

  (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex)
  (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex)
  (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)kpathsea:
  Running mktextfm utmr8t
  mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=canonex; mag:=1;
  nonstopmode; input utmr8t
  This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4)

  kpathsea: Running mktexmf utmr8t
  ! I can't find file `utmr8t'.
  <*> ...=canonex; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input utmr8t

  Please type another input file name
  ! Emergency stop.

Thanks for all the help.  I will try getting either TeX Live or one of
the newer packages :-)

- Giorgos

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