On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 03:00:00PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > Am Wed, 5 Apr 2023 11:51:02 +0300 > schrieb Udicoudco <udifog...@gmail.com>: > > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 10:12 PM Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > > > > > > I used to be able to export our Hebrew documents to PDF using dvipdfmx. > > > This doesn't > > > work for me anymore, and I'm wondering if it is worth the effort to try > > > to fix it on > > > my system, or whether I should just drop these tests (in favor of the > > > XeTeX and > > > LuaTeX tests). > > > > > > Does the export work for anyone? To check, you first need to uncheck "use > > > system > > > fonts" in document settings. > > > > Works for me. Both on texlive and miktex. > > > > > If it does work, does anyone know whether this converter chain is used in > > > practice > > > these days? > > > > I personally have old files using this converter chain. I've also noticed > > that most new lyx users aren't aware that it is much better yp use > > XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX with Hebrew, so they use it. > > > > Also, In some rare cases there times when I'm forced to work > > with pdfTeX. > > > > > Here is my terminal output with the error: > > > > > > dvipdfmx:warning: Could not locate a virtual/physical font for TFM > > > "david". > > > dvipdfmx:warning: This font is mapped to a physical font > > > "DavidCLM-Medium.pfa". > > > dvipdfmx:fatal: Sorry, pfa format not supported; please convert the font > > > to pfb, > > > e.g., with t1binary. > > > > Note that none of the Hebrew fonts (David CLM in particular) are > > shipped with TeXLive. > > You can install them from here: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/ivritex/files/culmus-latex/culmus-latex-0.7/ > > > > To install, Use the MAKE file, ot copy the two directories from the > > .tar.gz file called tex and fonts, from use/share/texmf/ > > to a local texmf tree. > > > > If you copied the directories manually, run updmap --enable > > Map=culmus.map (or updmap -sys --enable Map=culmus.map) afterwards. > > Thanks, I always forget this last part :( > Works here now again. > > > Regards, > > Udi
Thanks, Udi! Thanks to your help, I remembered that I use a script that Kornel wrote for me long ago that automates those (or equivalent?) commands. The problem was that the script needed updating since I now use a non-standard texmf-local directory. Now everything is working smoothly! For reference (and as a reminder to myself), the script is here: https://gitlab.com/scottkosty/lyx-tester/-/blob/master/helper_scripts/Hebrew_pdf3.sh Scott
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