CMacTeX

Shareware - $35 for a single user, $300 for a site license
Current Version: 4.0
PowerPC
Updated: 6/1/2001

Tom Kiffe has released CMacTeX 4.0 for Mac OS 8/9.

From his web site:

CMacTeX is an integrated suite of programs for implementing TeX on the Macintosh. It includes both Carbon and Classic versions of the programs. The Carbon programs require at least Mac OS 8.6 and CarbonLib 1.0.4 and run natively on Mac OS X. The Classic programs require at least Mac OS 8.1. CMacTeX can be configured to work in an integrated fashion with either of the popular Macintosh editors BBEdit or Alpha. It is compatible with the version of TeX found on most Unix systems and can even interpret any Unix directory paths that may be embedded in documents originally written on a Unix system.

• In addition to TeX 3.14159, CMacTeX contains two extensions of TeX, namely pdfTeX, and e-TeX. PdfTeX converts TeX source files directly to pdf format, thereby avoiding the creation of intermediate dvi and postscript files. Bibliographies can be constructed with bibtex and indices can be created with makeindex.
• Metafont 2.7182 can be called automatically by other programs in CMacTeX to generate pk font files.
• Dvips 5.86d converts the dvi files produced by TeX into Postscript documents. Dvips supports the partial downloading of postscript fonts.
• Dvi files can be previewed with macdvi. It can display certain types of included eps graphics and has full support for color. If you have ATM 4.0 or later, you can use the Postscript versions of the CM fonts for previewing. Macdvi can be used to print dvi files if you do not have a Postscript printer and your dvi file does not contain any Postscript graphics or fonts.
• Postscript is fully supported in CMacTeX. MacGhostView is a Postscript previewer built upon ghostscript 6.01. Unlike ghostscript, macghostview allows the user to view the pages of a Postscript document in any order. Macps2pdf is a Postscript converter and Metapost can be used for the construction of Postscript figures. Several utilities are provided for manipulating postscript files and fonts.
• Of all the TeX installations for the Macintosh CMacTeX provides the most comprehensive support for the generation of pdf documents from tex files. The traditional method of generating pdf is to convert a dvi file into postscript and then use Adobe Distiller to convert postscript to pdf. CMacTeX includes pdftex, which converts a tex file directly to pdf, and dvipdfm, a direct dvi to pdf converter. With pdftex you can include png, jpg, tif, and pdf graphic files in your TeX document.
• Utilities for manipulating dvi files and font files are also included.
• A 40 page User's Guide in either PDF or Postscript format is included.
• CMacTeX fully supports EC fonts, the Postscript versions of the CM and AMS fonts, and the conversion of Postscript documents into PDF documents. Both dvips and pdftex can use the Macintosh versions of Postscript fonts. Only dvitopdfm still requires Postscript fonts in pfb format.
• CMacTeX contains all of the files (.tfm, .fd, .sty, .enc, .map, etc) needed to use the MathTime and Lucida Bright fonts. The actual screen and printer fonts must be purchased from Y&Y, which is out of business.
• CMacTeX provides complete support for Apple Scripts, thereby allowing the user to automate most tasks.
• In addition to providing the standard Macintosh graphical user interface, CMacTeX implements a basic command line interface to TeX. Some things, unpacking library source files or building formats, are more easily performed through a command line interface than through menu selections. This command line interface is also available through Apple Scripts.

DirectTeX Pro

Shareware - $100 for up to three installations
Current Version: 2.1.2
68K and PowerPC
Updated: 5/28/97

The DirectTeX Pro package contains a shell, an integrated text editor, an integrated tool to view and print DVI files, TeX 3.14159, METAFONT 2.718, BibTeX, MakeIndex, dvips, all TeX and METAFONT related tools like DVIType, GFToPK, etc. No other software is needed for typesetting and printing TeX documents.

OzTeX

Shareware - Single User $30
Current Version: 4.0 (5.0b4) 68K and PowerPC (5.0b4 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later and CarbonLib 1.3 or later)
Updated: 10/12/99 (5.0b4: 11/14/2001)

OzTeX is a Macintosh implementation of Donald Knuth's TeX typesetting system. Probably the most famous shareware implementation of TeX on the Mac.

OzTeX 5.0 Info

See the OzTeX section of the Mac OS X Versions Page for details regarding changes.

You can download OzTeX 5.0b4 from here ( 1.1M) or from Andrew's web site.

OzTeX 4.0 Info

PostScript Fonts for Use with OzTeX

• PostScript Computer Modern Fonts for use with OzTeX ( 2.7M)
• PostScript AMSFonts for use with OzTeX ( 1.7M)

Hidden Computer Modern, LaTeX, and AMS Fonts

Changes in OzTeX 4.0

• The folder structure has undergone a major overhaul. The result is an OzTeX folder that is simpler, more consistent and much less cluttered. The new structure should have very little impact on existing OzTeX users because there are also new configuration file features that make it easy to customize the OzTeX system without making a SINGLE change to any of the distributed folders.

• The new Extras folder has all the peripheral stuff, mostly contributions from other people. It contains the latest versions of AlphaLite, BibTeX, Excalibur and MakeIndex, as well as all support files for the Y&Y fonts.

• The Extras folder also contains Odd Jobs, my latest shareware offering. This utility can perform many useful file-processing tasks.

• OzTeX's Default config file now uses big values for all TeX parameters. Some TeX parameters have had their upper limits increased. All formats have been rebuilt and OzTeX's preferred memory size is now 3500K.

• Most previewing shortcuts can now be performed using the mouse.

• LaTeX has been updated to the latest release (1999/06/01 patch level 1). The EC fonts are also included.

• Added OzTtH, a Mac port of Ian Hutchinson's TeX to HTML translator.

• OzTeX can remember recent TeX/DVI/PostScript files. New submenus let you select any of these files.

• OzTeX's Tools menu has new items that provide quick access to OzTtH, BibTeX, MakeIndex, MacGS and Distiller. System 7 or later is required.

• All Oz* apps create text files using a creator code specified by a new text_editor parameter.

• All the major tools and applications (dvips, Metafont, MetaPost, etc) have been updated to the latest versions.

Download:

• OzTeX.sit - the OzTeX 4 application (68000 and PowerPC code) ( 642k)
  
• OzMF.sit - the OzMF application (ditto) ( 473k)
  
• OzMP.sit - the OzMP application (ditto) ( 305k)
  
• OzTtH.sit - the OzTtH application (only PowerPC code) ( 200k)
  
• TeX.sit - the TeX folder (used by OzTeX) ( 5.2M)
  
• MF.sit - the MF folder (used by OzMF) ( 1.2M)
  
• MP.sit - the MP folder (used by OzMP) ( 281k)
  
• TtH.sit - the TtH folder (used by OzTtH) ( 35k)
  
• Extras.sit - the Extras folder (AlphaLite, BibTeX, MakeIndex, etc) ( 3.9M)
  
• Register.sit - the Register folder (to pay the shareware fee) ( 49k)
• Correct.sit - the Correct file (to check the installation) ( 6k)
  
• Local.sit - the Local config file ( 3k)
  

TeXgX

Shareware - $40
Current Version: 1.1b3
68K and PowerPC (requires QuickDraw GX)
Updated: 1/7/97

TeXgX is a version of TeX that supports Apple's QuickDraw GX technology and GX "smart" fonts. TeXgX version 1.1 adds additional support for standard TeX fonts and formats. TrueType versions of the Computer Modern and AMS fonts are also available (as separate packages).

Download:

• TeXgX 1.1b3 ( 1.3M)
  
• AMS Fonts ( 835k)
  
• More Computer Modern Fonts ( 1.6M)
  
• Plain TeX Fonts ( 408k)
  

Textures

Commercial - Pricing varies. Academic discounts available.
Current Version: 2.1.4
68K and PowerPC
Updated: 5/27/2001

30 Day Trial Available

"Blue Sky Research would like to give you the opportunity to try the full version of Textures 2.0 for 30 days for just $30 with no charge for shipping. You will receive the complete Textures 2.0 with electronic user guide, the Computer Modern and AMS fonts, plus numerous extras on a CD that is yours to keep.

Now you will have the chance to test Textures with all its latest features, including Synchronicity, Follow Focus, Auto Font Recognition and LaTeX Mode, before you take the plunge and become a Textures user for life. If you do decide to use Textures long-term (and we think you will), you can apply the $30 spent on the demo to your full copy purchase.

To order your 30 day copy of Textures 2.0, send your name, address and credit card information to sales@bluesky.com. We can also be reached by phone at 800-622-8398 (503-222-9571 international), or fax at 503-222-1643. We'll put your order in the mail within 48 hours so you can start enjoying Textures 2.0 as soon as possible."

PostScript Fonts for Textures

You can get them here:

• PostScript Computer Modern Fonts for use with Textures ( 2.7M)
• PostScript AMSFonts for use with Textures ( 1.6M)
• AMS virtual metrics for use with Textures. From Art Ogawa. ( 100k)
• AMS/PS VFs 1.0 for use with Textures. From Simon Mang Cao. ( 311k)
• AMS/PS Virtual Font Metrics 0.50 for use with Textures. From Dr. Uwe Schmock. ( 90k)
• Fixed cmss9 and lcirclew10 Font Metrics for use with Textures. From Simon Mang Cao. ( 31k)
• AE (Almost European) Virtual Font Metrics for use with Textures. From Simon Mang Cao. ( 179k)
• Fixed LucidaExpertMath TeX Screen fonts for use with Textures. Corrects a problem introduced with Mac OS 8.5 and later. ( 5k) (10/12/99)
• Mathematica & Textures: input and font files necessary for typesetting the TeXSave output of Mathematica Notebooks with Textures. ( 68k) (5/6/2001)
• Ralph Smith's Formal Font for use with Textures. Rick Zaccone assembled this package. It contains the necessary components to install RSFS (Ralph Smith's Formal Font) for use with Textures. From Rick's included ReadMe: "The LaTeX package mathptmx uses these fonts to produce calligraphic letters. For example, $\mathcal{A}$ will produce an "A" from this font if you are using the mathptmx package. Thanks to Michael Sharpe who did all of the work with EdMetrics and ResEdit to get everything right. Alejandro L\'opez-Valencia did the hard work of making the bitmap fonts to go along with the commonly available pfb, afm and tfm files. All I did is encourage Michael Sharpe to put this together." ( 61k) (5/6/2001)

Other Stuff

• Textures 2.1 to 2.1.2 to Textures 2.1.4 updater ( 175k)
• Textures 2.1.X to 2.1.2 updater ( 32k)
• Textures 2.1 to 2.1.1 updater ( 405k)
• Textures 2.0.X to 2.0.4 updater ( 141k)
• Textures 2.0.X to 2.0.3 updater ( 335k)
• Textures 2.0 or 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 updater ( 120k)
• Textures 2.0 to 2.0.1 updater ( 50k)
• Textures 1.8.X to 1.8.4 updater ( 48k)
• Textures 1.8.X to 1.8.3 updater ( 830k)
• Textures Reader ( 1.1M) Allows you to read and print Textures documents and DVI files from any Macintosh, even if you don't have Textures (which is obviously why it is useful!). The Reader's document display and printing facilities are identical to the full Textures system, with control of page selection, position, and magnification. See the included documentation for further details. Freeware.

• LaTeX R13P0 (revision 13, patch level 0) distribution for use with Textures. Contains a pre-built format and a ton of LaTeX2e TeX inputs. ( 2.4M)

• LaTeX R9P0 (revision 9, patch level 0) distribution for use with Textures. Contains a pre-built format, all LaTeX2e TeX inputs, Textures font metrics, and detailed instructions. (12.7M)

• LaTeX R8P2 (revision 8, patch level 2) distribution for use with Textures. Contains a pre-built format, all LaTeX2e TeX inputs, Textures font metrics, and detailed instructions. ( 5.7M)

• The following files allow you to hide the many Textures fonts from applications other than Textures if you find that your font menus are getting too long. Also see Tom Scavo's versions of these hidden fonts.
  • Hide Computer Modern PostScript fonts ( 208k)
    
  • Hide LaTeX fonts ( 12k)
    
  • Hide AMS fonts ( 84k)
    
  • AMS/PS hide Metrics should replace the one found in "Hide AMS fonts" found above ( 53k)
    

• European Computer Modern fonts for use with Textures. These are bitmapped fonts and not PostScript. See the read me for further details.
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_metrics.sit.hqx ( 507k)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_single_size.hqx ( 243k)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_0500.sit.hqx ( 643k)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_0600.sit.hqx ( 772k)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_0700.sit.hqx ( 934k)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_0800.sit.hqx ( 1.4M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_0900.sit.hqx ( 1.6M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_1000.sit.hqx ( 1.9M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_1095.sit.hqx ( 2.1M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_1200.sit.hqx ( 2.3M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_1440.sit.hqx ( 3.0M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_1728.sit.hqx ( 1.7M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_2074.sit.hqx ( 2.2M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_2488.sit.hqx ( 2.7M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_2986.sit.hqx ( 3.6M)
  • ec_fonts_v1.0_size_3583.sit.hqx ( 1.2M)

Tools for Use With Textures

• Textures Diagnostic 1.0.1 ( 83k)

  Blue Sky is beta testing a new Textures Diagnostic (though it now appears to be out of beta). It gives us a better snapshot of your Textures configuration, as well as a better diagnostic of your system. There is even a small help area. This replaces the previous "BSR Diagnostic", "BSR Tech Support", and "BSR Font Diagnostic". (July 17, 1999)

• Textures Font Fix. Fixes most of the issues with the Textures/Illustrator font problem. It is from Andy White (he mentioned in his email that the problem also affects some OzTeX users). Consists of a pair of applications on which you can drop Illustrator 88 files saved out of Textures and Illustrator 6 and 7 .eps files saved out of Illustrator. ( 156k)

• The complete versions BSR's hidden fonts ( 2.8M) by Tom Scavo. This archive corrects four problems with the CM PS font archive on CTAN:
  • no cmb10 printer font
  • no lcm* screen fonts (there should be three of them)
  • a LCIRCLEW10-0 printer font (why?) and no corresponding screen font
  • no hidden screen fonts

• AMS-LaTeX2e Macro Menu for Textures ( 17k) A very nice AMS-LaTeX2e macro menu for use with Textures formats. Posted version is dated August 25th, 1998. Thanks go to Uwe Schmock.

• Alpha Tools for a Textures/Alpha interface. ( 273k) Excellent set of tools by Tom Scavo trscavo@syr.edu that make it a joy to work use Alpha with Textures (or Textures with Alpha). I just started using these and I highly recommend them.

• BBEdit Plug-Ins for Textures
  Written by Brad Hanson (bradh@pobox.com). There are three releases of the plug-ins that work with various versions of Textures and BBEdit. Release 3.0.1 works with Textures 2.1 and BBEdit 5.1.1 or later. Release 2.0.1 works with Textures 2.1 and BBEdit 3.5.2 or later. Release 1.2 works with Textures 1.8 or 2.0 and BBEdit 3.5.2 or later. Some of the plug-ins in Release 1.2 also work with BBEdit Lite 3.0.1 or later. The release 3.0.1 plug-in is a PowerPC plug-in that can only be used on PowerPC Macintoshes. Releases 2.0.1 and 1.2 of the plug-ins are 68K plug-ins that can run on a PowerPC or 68K Macintosh.

  The external editor interface was significantly enhanced in Textures 2.1, so the plug-ins for Textures 2.1 offer quite a bit more functionality than the plug-ins for Textures 1.8 or 2.0. Release 3.0.1 uses some new features of the BBEdit plug-in interface introduced in BBEdit 5.1.1 which make the interaction between BBEdit and Textures much smoother than was possible in previous versions of BBEdit. It is highly recommended that BBEdit 5.1.1 or later and Release 3.0.1 be used with Textures 2.1.

  0. Download release 3.0.1 ( 19k) of the plug-ins for Textures 2.1 and BBEdit 5.1.1.
  1. Download release 2.0.1 ( 20k) of the plug-ins for Textures 2.1.
  2. Download release 1.2 ( 27k) of the plug-ins for Textures 1.8 and 2.0.
  Freeware.
  A web page describing these plug-ins and other stuff by Brad can be found at http://www.b-a-h.com/bbedit/.

• Blue Sky has created two new versions of the psfonts/adobe metrics for Textures: the basic psfonts/adobe metrics and the full psfonts/adobe metrics. The following info is from their web site.
  • The basic psfonts/adobe metrics are about 629k and contain the metrics for the standard Mac fonts (Times, Palatino, Helvetica, etc.).
  • The full psfonts/adobe metrics are about 1.5M and contain the same metrics as the basic psfonts/adobe metrics as well as the metrics for Optima, Utopia, Bembo, and a number of other fonts. This set expands to about 3 MB, so it slows down the time it takes to start up Textures considerably.