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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-instt1font.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-instt1font.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..06e84384215 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-instt1font.html @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label instt1font</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Installing a Type 1 font</h3> +<p/>Once you have a prepared Type 1 font, either direct from CTAN +or the like, or having <a href="FAQ-prept1font.html">‘prepared’ it yourself</a>, +you can get on with installation. +<p/>The procedure is merely an extension of that for packages, etc., so +much of what follows will be familiar: +<ul> +<li> Install the files, in your <code>texmf</code> tree. All the + strictures about installing non-standard things apply here: be sure + to put the files in the local tree. The list gives reasonable + destinations for the various files related to a font family <<i>fname</i>>: +<pre> +.pfb, +.pfa .../fonts/type1/<foundry>/<fname> +.tfm .../fonts/tfm/<foundry>/<fname> +.vf .../fonts/vf/<foundry>/<fname> +.sty, +.fd .../tex/latex/<fname> +.map .../fonts/map/dvips/<foundry> +</pre> + but if you are lucky, you will be starting from a distribution from + CTAN and can make use of the corresponding + <code>.tds.zip</code> file, and not care about how to place your files + in the TDS tree. +<li> Regenerate the file indexes (as described in + <a href="FAQ-inst-wlcf.html">package installation</a>). +<li> Update the <i>dvips</i>, PDFTeX and other maps: + <ul> + <li> On any current TeX Live-based system, or a teTeX v3.0 + system, execute the command + <blockquote> +<pre> +updmap-sys --enable Map <fname>.map +</pre> + </blockquote><p> + as root. (You <em>can</em> use plain <i>updmap</i>, but you + will be in danger of creating confusion with different map sets + for different users thereby.) + <li> On a current MiKTeX system, update the system file + <i>updmap.cfg</i>, using the shell command + <blockquote> +<pre> +initexmf --edit-config-file updmap +</pre> + </blockquote><p> + adding a line at the end: + <blockquote> +<pre> +Map <fname>.map +</pre> + </blockquote><p> + for each font family <<i>fname</i>> you are adding to the system. + Now generate revised maps with the shell command + <blockquote> +<pre> +initexmf --mkmaps +</pre> + </blockquote><p> + This, and other matters, are described in MiKTeX + <a href="http://docs.miktex.org/manual/advanced.html">”advanced” documentation</a>. + </ul> +</ul> +Both processes (preparing and installing a font) are very well (and +thoroughly) described in Philipp Lehman’s guide to font installation, +which may be found on CTAN. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>fontinst.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontinst.zip">fonts/utilities/fontinst</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontinst.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontinst/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>Type 1 installation guide</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/fontinstallationguide.pdf">info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/fontinstallationguide.pdf</a> +</dl> +<p/> +<p/><p/><p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instt1font">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instt1font</a> +</body> |