Andrew A. Gill wrote: > Has anyone ever successfully installed a font?
Yes. This week. And I'm clueless. > I personally believe it can't be done. After spending the > better part of a week downloading various files, I am still sans > Futura fonts, even though I have: > > Futura.tfm pfubo8a.tfm pfuk8r.tfm pful7t.tfm pfulo8c.tfm These are 'tex metric files'. They simply tell TeX how big a box it should leave for the font when typesetting your doc. TeX itself knows nothing about fonts. > in /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/adobe/futura/ > and > pfub7t.vf pfubo8c.vf pfuk8t.vf pful7t.vf pfulo8c.vf These are 'virtual fonts'. See here: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=virtualfonts Quoting from this page: In practice, the most common use of virtual fonts is to remap PostScript fonts (see font metrics) or to build 'fake' maths fonts. The tex FAQ pages provide a wealth of info. See 'Installing a Type 1 font' http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instt1font Also see http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=uselmfonts > What am I missing? Knowledge, which isn't a crime. Courage! Angus
