> Warning: pdfetex (file qx-bitstream-vera.map): cannot open font map file
> and then complaints about not being able to create a long list of
> bitmap fonts,�when I try to compile your vera-test.tex.

do you need qx? (eastern european languages)
 
Yes, the maps should be contained, I simply forgot to include them. Will fix that tonight.
And I decided to provide everything for ec, texnansi, tex256 and qx encoding.
 
Greetlings, Hraban