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-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog4
-rwxr-xr-xBuild/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexpk30
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
index b738577c0d4..c6b706394ca 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-05-21 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
+
+ * mktexpk: help msg, mention map files in error.
+
2010-05-20 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
* mktexdir,
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexpk b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexpk
index aecf5c34f30..44881923cd6 100755
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexpk
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexpk
@@ -19,14 +19,27 @@ usage="Usage: $progname [OPTIONS] NAME [REDIRECT],
--mfmode MODE use MODE as the METAFONT mode.
--destdir DESTDIR write fonts in DESTDIR.
-Try to create a PK file for NAME at resolution DPI, with an assumed
-device base resolution of BDPI, and a Metafont \`mag' of MAG. Use MODE
-for the METAFONT mode. Use DESTDIR for the root of where to install
-into, either the absolute directory name to use (if it starts with a
-/) or relative to the default DESTDIR (if not). REDIRECT, if supplied,
-is a string of the form '>&n', where n is the number of the file
-descriptor which is to receive, instead of stdout, the name of the
-newly created pk file."
+Try to create a bitmap PK file for NAME at resolution DPI, with an
+assumed device base resolution of BDPI, and a Metafont \`mag' of
+MAG. Use MODE for the METAFONT mode. Use DESTDIR for the root of where
+to install into, either the absolute directory name to use (if it starts
+with a /) or relative to the default DESTDIR (if not). REDIRECT, if
+supplied, is a string of the form '>&n', where n is the number of the
+file descriptor which is to receive, instead of stdout, the name of the
+newly created pk file.
+
+If you expected the font to be available as an outline, and thus this
+script does not work and should not have been called, most likely the
+font's .tfm name is missing from the relevant map file (e.g.,
+psfonts.map for dvips, pdftex.map for pdftex). These map files are
+typically maintained using updmap; q.v.
+
+For step-by-step instructions on making new fonts known to TeX, see
+http://tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html.
+
+Report bugs to: tex-k@tug.org
+TeX Live home page: <http://tug.org/texlive/>
+"
# Handle non-positional options, except for --version/--help
while test $# -gt 0; do
@@ -190,6 +203,7 @@ else
cmd="hbf2gf -q -p $NAME $DPI"
else
echo "$progname: don't know how to create bitmap font for $NAME." >&2
+ echo "$progname: perhaps $NAME is missing from the map file." >&2
exit 1
fi
fi