Re: chancery font

[Ciro Soto <cirosoto@gmail.com>]

My problem goes beyond fonts. What I think I need is a simple explanation
of the TeX-like package system.  For instance:

I see tetex,pdftex,contex, latex,web2c,...and so on, but I don't understand
their interrelation/dependency. 

Why the livetex tree is like it is?  What is needed for a context user?

What are the steps to upgrade context with a cont-tmf.zip and a texlive2004?
Would it be possible to create an shell script that automize all this?
 
Where are fonts registered/stored/mapped/encoded?

Most books on TeX,latex, etc, only explain how to use them, but not
the 'system administration' part, which must of us have to learn as well.

BTW, I used Idris instructions (without step4 because my texfont works)
and I have installed three different fonts so far. Actually, I
converted TTF fonts
to pfb/afm, then used the Idris steps, and I am happy. Now I hace to learn how
to build typescript files, and learn where to put them, and the mapping/encoding
business.

regards

Ciro




On Apr 3, 2005 10:57 AM, Adam Lindsay <atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk> wrote:
> Rob Ermers said this at Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:03:24 +0200:
> 
> >I completely agree. Context works fine but, like you, I have not
> >succeeded in installing any new font thusfar.
> 
> Okay, I get the message: there are quite a few frustrated would-be font
> users out there. I see it as being something that someone can understand
> (and explain) fairly well in the abstract, but the details throw up
> distribution-specific problems.
> 
> So, because it's the only area I can hope to fix, are there any Mac users
> out there (gwTeX) that are (still) frustrated with fonts in the way that
> Rob and Ciro are?
> 
> For those Mac users, is it a matter of using pre-installed fonts
> (Palatino, Helvetica, etc.), or installing your own fonts that is so
> frustrating?
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