/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr5.tfm
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr6.tfm
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr7.tfm
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr8.tfm
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr9.tfm
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr10.tfm
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr12.tfm
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr17.tfm


The problem seems to be that the fonts are somehow
not properly installed in file called psfonts.map

For instance
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Python/Python/pyx$ locate psfonts.map | xargs grep cmcy
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr10 cmcyr10 <cmcyr10.pfb
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr12 cmcyr12 <cmcyr12.pfb
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr17 cmcyr17 <cmcyr17.pfb
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr5 cmcyr5 <cmcyr5.pfb
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr6 cmcyr6 <cmcyr6.pfb
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr7 cmcyr7 <cmcyr7.pfb
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr8 cmcyr8 <cmcyr8.pfb
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map:cmcyr9 cmcyr9 <cmcyr9.pfb

But
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Python/Python/pyx$ locate psfonts.map | xargs grep cmr
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Python/Python/pyx$

There is a command updmap that builds the psfonts.map file
if I understand how this works. Where it gets its data? Who knows?

Probably JHRIV ...

Help,

BobLQ

On 6/9/07, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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