From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/6703 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: another example of fonts (pk files not found) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 19:37:08 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020127193311.03a97e90@server-1> References: <3C535117.2020403@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035397219 12977 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:20:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:20:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context Original-To: Andreas Ulbrich In-Reply-To: <3C535117.2020403@gmx.net> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:6703 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:6703 At 02:00 AM 1/27/2002 +0100, Andreas Ulbrich wrote: >Hi, > >I know that the font situation has been explained quite often and I have >also read the according manuals, but I didn't manage to install a font >properly. Hopefully some of came along the same problem and can offer a >quick solution. >texfont --vendor=bitstream --collection=charter --make --install with regards to bitstream fonts: beware! it's a nine char path name and in some distributions it's trucated to 8, which may give problems with locating the files >This runs as expected. Then I instruct MikTeX to refresh its file >databases because texfont failes to do so (usage message is printed). > >Warning: pdfetex (file texnansi-raw-bchri): Font texnansi-raw-bchbi at 600 >not found it looks like the map file is not loaded (this is a pdftex specific message, only issued in the final stage; the tfm file was found all right); either let context load the map file, or add an entry to pdftex.cfg specifying the map file Hans >So obviously pdfetex cannot build .pk files. As far as I (I'm a >(context|latex) user only, never really cared how it works behind the >scenes) understand these are rasterised versions of the font. well, i assume that you care to have the outlines instead of bitmaps -) >My questions are: > >1. Why does pdfetex need rasterised font. I thought it uses vector fonts only? this is just an escape; when the font sources present, pdftex will even call metafont to generate the fonts >2. How can I get this working? > >Ah yes: MikTex 2.6, latest context beta, Windows XP just correct the map files and it should work Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- fall-back web server: www.pragma-pod.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------