arnd added,
> On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 13:36:54 -0500, Richard E. Hawkins wrote:
> >hawkinsttyp0:Jobs>locate parkave
> >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/parkave.pfb
> Ha! Got you.
not quite :)
> This is a type 1 (postscript) font. Handling this is all
> very special. You won't survive without good docu. First of all you
> need the parkave*.tfm files.
Yep, but I did that forever ago. parkave.tfm is sitting in
/home/hawk/fonts. And this configuration used to use it, but for some
reason doesn't any more.
> Cf.:
> ! Font \lawoffice=parkave at 14.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not
> found.
>
> If you don't have it installed, forget it: Creating this is for hackers
> only (You'll find some docu on CTAN).
>
> If you have it, you need to modifiy your env:
>
> SET TEXTFM=D:\XFREE86\USR\EMTEX\fonts\tfm!!
> set
> TEXFONTS=D:/XFREE86/USR/EMTEX/fonts/tfm/dvips;D:/XFREE86/USR/EMTEX/fonts
> /tfm/etc;;
hmm, I added both of these as :/home/hawk/fonts (that keeps the
system defaults around under tcsh, doesn't it [I can't use bash; I
haven't figured out why it can't find certain binaries in its path yet])
Now I seem to get a slightly different set of messages:
kpathsea: Running mktexmf parkave
! I can't find file `parkave'.
<*> ...=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input parkave
Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input parkave
Transcript written on mfput.log.
mktextfm: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input parkave' failed.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
! Font \lawoffice=parkave at 14.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not
found.
<to be read again>
\relax
l.23 \newfont {\lawoffice}{parkave at 14pt}
?
> This is type 1 (*.pfb), you don't work with adobe type manager, do you?
> LaTeX needs *.tfm. dvips will then use the *.pfb, if (and only if)
> configured correctly.
Nope, I made the tfm files myselfe with mktexmf and the like.
> As it seems your dvips is misconfigured.... You must add parkave there.
> Browse CTAN for docu and (perhaps) pre-configured packages with *.tfm.
mmm, we figured out that debian's dvi was misconfigured a year or two ago. I wish
they'd leave it misconfigured in a consistent manner :)
*sigh* I guess I do come in tomorrow.
thanks
rick
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