Bob La Quey wrote:
> Sigh,
>
> I am trying to get a Python plotting program called PyX.
> It uses LaTeX/TeX and calls for a TT Type 1 font, cmr10,
> which saddly is not installed on my machine.
>
> I go to "TeX / LaTeX - Font HowTo"
> http://linux.about.com/od/howtos/l/blfont9.htm
>
> Ugh. I really did not want to make a career of this.
>
> Is there any easy way to get this font installed?
>
> I have the following
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr10.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr12.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr17.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr5.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr6.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr7.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr8.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr9.afm
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr10.pfb
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr12.pfb
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr17.pfb
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr5.pfb
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr6.pfb
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr7.pfb
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr8.pfb
> /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr9.pfb
>
> and moved them to here
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr10.pfb
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr12.pfb
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr17.pfb
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr5.pfb
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr6.pfb
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr7.pfb
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr8.pfb
> /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr9.pfb
>
> with no luck.
>
> Surely there is an easy way to do this without spending
> half a day learning more than I ever wanted to know about
> obscure directories and installation procedures.
My tetex-fonts package includes tfm files -- maybe it wants them?
Maybe:
{apt-get|yum} install tetex-fonts
Regards,
..jim
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