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MacOSX-TeX Digest #123 - Saturday, October 13, 2001
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg in the works
by "Jerry Stratton"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
by "Jerry Stratton"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg in the works
by
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
by "Jerry Stratton"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
by "Malte Harder"
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg in the works
From: "Jerry Stratton"
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:48:06 -0700
At 10:09 AM +0200 on 10/12/01, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>On Friday, October 12, 2001, at 02:31 , James Owen wrote:
>
>> Is it complicated to add in options for obvious teX variants, such as =
RevTeX for all those of us writing papers for Phys. Rev. ? I only ask =
because I had a slightly annoying time getting RevTeX4 in the right places =
so that TeXShop would see it properly. They are also recommending bibtex =
in RevTeX 4, so including that would certainly be a good thing.
>>
>
>For all you people asking me to add stuff: please add where I can find =
it.
The ttf2tfm and ttf2pk programs can be found at cpan at =
http://www.tug.org/texlive/tlprod/Build/source/freetype/contrib/ttf2pk/
I had to download the entire directory from freetype on down. But once =
compiled, it doesn't appear to require freetype (however, I haven't had a =
chance to use either of them yet--I'm planning on trying to import a =
truetype font this weekend).
Jerry
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
From: "Jerry Stratton"
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 17:48:39 -0700
At 4:59 PM +0200 on 10/10/01, Malte Harder wrote:
I got ttf2tfm compiled and coud convert a true type font ( converted from =
mac to win via ttconverter ) into a vf and a tfm file. I put these to =
files into the txfm/fonts/vf and texfm/fonts/tfm directories. But pdftex =
does not recognize them if I call pdftex fonttest. ttf2tfm made also a map =
file but i don't know where to put it in. I looked at =
http://www.radamir.com/tex/ttf-tex.htm but I have neither an =
texmf/ttf2tfm/base/ directory nor a texmf/pdftex/base dir, where I could =
copy the encoding and map files.
I think that the equivalent of 'base' directories in miktex are 'config' =
directories in teTeX. But using either 'base' or 'config' for the =
directory name doesn't help me; I can get pdftex to 'accept' the font via =
TeXShop, but the characters are all squares, squished together. As if it =
can't find the font file itself, and doesn't know the width (or is getting =
the width wrong).
Has anyone used a truetype font with TeXShop and teTeX on Mac OS X?
Jerry
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"Give a man a fish, and you've fed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and =
you've depleted the lake."--It Isn't Murder If They're Yankees
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg in the works
From:
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 17:57:30 +0900
On Friday, October 12, 2001, at 05:09 pm, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> On Friday, October 12, 2001, at 02:31 , James Owen wrote:
>
>> Is it complicated to add in options for obvious teX variants, such as
>> RevTeX for all those of us writing papers for Phys. Rev. ? I only ask
>> because I had a slightly annoying time getting RevTeX4 in the right
>> places so that TeXShop would see it properly. They are also
>> recommending bibtex in RevTeX 4, so including that would certainly be
>> a good thing.
>>
>
> For all you people asking me to add stuff: please add where I can find
> it.
>
>
http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/
James
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 10:56:26 +0200
There is a file pdftex.cfg (there may be various, use the one kpsewhich
tells you it is using)
Add a line
map +yourfilename.map
at the end.
And yourfilename.map is the map file your font conversion generated.
Gerben
PS:
[dumbledore:~] gerben% kpsewhich -progname=3Dpdftex pdftex.cfg
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg
For dvips, add a line
p +yourfilename.map
to config.ps
On Saturday, October 13, 2001, at 02:48 , Jerry Stratton wrote:
> At 4:59 PM +0200 on 10/10/01, Malte Harder wrote:
> I got ttf2tfm compiled and coud convert a true type font ( converted
> from mac to win via ttconverter ) into a vf and a tfm file. I put these
> to files into the txfm/fonts/vf and texfm/fonts/tfm directories. But
> pdftex does not recognize them if I call pdftex fonttest. ttf2tfm made
> also a map file but i don't know where to put it in. I looked at
> http://www.radamir.com/tex/ttf-tex.htm but I have neither an
> texmf/ttf2tfm/base/ directory nor a texmf/pdftex/base dir, where I
> could copy the encoding and map files.
>
> I think that the equivalent of 'base' directories in miktex are
> 'config' directories in teTeX. But using either 'base' or 'config' for
> the directory name doesn't help me; I can get pdftex to 'accept' the
> font via TeXShop, but the characters are all squares, squished
> together. As if it can't find the font file itself, and doesn't know
> the width (or is getting the width wrong).
>
> Has anyone used a truetype font with TeXShop and teTeX on Mac OS X?
>
> Jerry
> --
> jerry@hoboes.com Negative Space http://www.hoboes.com/
> e-mail help@hoboes.com
> "Give a man a fish, and you've fed him for a day. Teach him to fish,
> and you've depleted the lake."--It Isn't Murder If They're Yankees
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
From: "Jerry Stratton"
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 08:08:21 -0700
At 10:56 AM +0200 on 10/13/01, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>[dumbledore:~] gerben% kpsewhich -progname=3Dpdftex pdftex.cfg
>/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg
Thanks! This was the problem--I was using the wrong pdftex.cfg file.
It now works--so I do think including ttf2tfm and ttf2pk is a good idea, =
since those were part of the working instructions. I'm going to try to =
organize my notes on the steps I took, but having to compile two programs =
will lock a lot of potential users out, I think.
Does anyone know of an OS X program or Unix command line program that =
converts Mac TTF files to Windows TTF files?
Jerry
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e-mail help@hoboes.com
"We could ask them nicely," said Arthur.
"But they've got guns," said Voniece.
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] True Type Fonts
From: "Malte Harder"
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 19:58:41 +0200
On Saturday, October 13, 2001, at 05:08 PM, Jerry Stratton wrote:
> At 10:56 AM +0200 on 10/13/01, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>> [dumbledore:~] gerben% kpsewhich -progname=3Dpdftex pdftex.cfg
>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg
>
> Thanks! This was the problem--I was using the wrong pdftex.cfg file.
>
> It now works--so I do think including ttf2tfm and ttf2pk is a good
> idea, since those were part of the working instructions. I'm going to
> try to organize my notes on the steps I took, but having to compile two
> programs will lock a lot of potential users out, I think.
>
> Does anyone know of an OS X program or Unix command line program that
> converts Mac TTF files to Windows TTF files?
I think i could write one, because the difference between mac ttf and
win ttf is only where the data is saved (on mac in the resourcefork, on
win in the data fork)
Malte
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