>|I wanted to test this out in my own MiKTeX system. I did not remember ever >|downloading or installing any ptmr7t.*, so I searched for such files in CTAN >|and came up empty. Undaunted, I just tried inserting "\font\tenrm=ptmr7t" >|into a musixtex file and using the font, and (lo and behold) it worked, all >|the way through to creating a pdf using gsview. According to Acrobat >|document info, the font so created had these characteristics: >| >|Original font: Times-Roman >|Type: Type 1 >|Encoding: Standard >|Used Font: TimesNewRomanPSMT >| >|In contrast, the corresponding characteristics of cmr10 are CMR10, Type 1, >|Built-in, Embedded Subset. >| >|To further confuse myself, I searched my MiKTeX texmf directory for ptmr7t, >|finding >|only ptmr7t.tfm and ptmr7t.vf. In contrast, a search for cmr10.* yielded >|cmr10.afm, cmr10.tfm, cmr10.pfb, and cmr10.mf. >| >|Finally I notice that when running dvips, I get the following on the screen: >|============== >|This is dvips(k) 5.94a Copyright 2003 Radical Eye Software >|(www.radicaleye.com) >|' TeX output 2005.12.13:1459' -> JUNK.ps >|<tex.pro><8r.enc><texps.pro>. <cmbx10.pfb><cmbx8.pfb><cmr10.pfb><cmbx12.pfb> >|<musix20.pfb><musixspx.pfb>[1] >|============== >| >|When the ptmr7t font is not included, the output is the same except that >|"<8r.enc>" is not present. >| >|I think I understand the handling of cmr10 and the roles of all related >|files except for cmr10.afm. I understand that .afm is some sort of alternate >|version of .tfm, but I have no idea when or how it is used instead of .tfm. >|Can someone explain that? >| >|I also have no idea at all what's going on with the ptmr7t font. Can someone >|explain it, explain the roles of ptmr7t.vf, 8r.enc, and how I can get a >|postscript version of this font without having a .pfb file???
Don: LaTeX distributions use free URW clones of the standard Adobe Times/Helvetica/Courier etc. But because every PDF Reader is supposed to have these fonts available, your dvi to ps to pdf converters are *not* embedding them. Instead the Acrobat Reader is using its own Type1 fonts, in this case, TimesNewRoman. ptmr7t is a "virtual" font; if used, it will eventually access the relevant pfb files. Look for files fonts\type1\urw\times\*.pfb. 8r.enc is an encoding transformation. Hope this helps. Bob T. _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list TeX-music@icking-music-archive.org http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
