Hi,
I use tetex-1.0.7-196 on SuSE Linux 7.2 i386. I'm trying to integrate a
newly installed font with nfss by placing an updated ot1cmss.fd into
/usr/local/share/texmf, the obvious intention: override the file included
in tetex by default.
Here's what I did so far:
I've just successfully installed the Computer Modern Sans Serif Bold
Extended Slanted/Italic font from
www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/knuth/local/cm/cmssbxo10.mf
by placing the named file into
/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cm/cmssbxo10.mf
and the metafont generated tfm file into
/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmssbxo10.tfm
So far everything works just as expected if I place
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{cmss}{bx}{sl}
{%
<5><6><7><8><9>cmssbxo10%
<10><10.95><12><14.4><17.28><20.74><24.88>cmssbxo10%
}{}
into my documents or manually include a patched ot1cmss.fd file I placed
into
/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1cmss.fd
This file differs from the original in the following way:
--- /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1cmss.fd Fri Mar 9 18:51:04
2001
+++ /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1cmss.fd Mon Apr 15
20:54:04 2002
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@
<5><6><7><8><9>cmssbx10%
<10><10.95><12><14.4><17.28><20.74><24.88>cmssbx10%
}{}
+%%%%%%%%% bold extended slanted
+\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{cmss}{bx}{sl}
+ {%
+ <5><6><7><8><9>cmssbxo10%
+ <10><10.95><12><14.4><17.28><20.74><24.88>cmssbxo10%
+ }{}
+\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{cmss}{bx}{it}
+ {<->sub*cmss/bx/sl}{}
%%%%%%% Font/shape undefined, therefore substituted
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{cmss}{bx}{ui}
{<->sub*cmr/bx/ui}{}
But somehow I must have forgotten something, because the new fd file is not
included by default:
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmss/bx/it' undefined
But it seems I do not fully understand the LaTeX font installation process,
because this behaviour even persists when I move
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1cmss.fd completely out of the tds (e.g.
to /root).
I have made sure that TEXMFLOCAL is placed int TEXMF before TEXMFMAIN in
/etc/texmf/texmf.cnf. Also I did not forget to run mktexlsr and my
documents contain
\usepackage[OT1]{fontenc}
I'd be grateful for any input on this topic, as I turned up nothing
searching www.google.com, groups.google.com and the mail-archive.
Ciao, Thomas Jahns
--
"Computers are good at following instructions,
but not at reading your mind."
D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9
