My problem goes beyond fonts. What I think I need is a simple explanation of the TeX-like package system. For instance:
I see tetex,pdftex,contex, latex,web2c,...and so on, but I don't understand their interrelation/dependency. Why the livetex tree is like it is? What is needed for a context user? What are the steps to upgrade context with a cont-tmf.zip and a texlive2004? Would it be possible to create an shell script that automize all this? Where are fonts registered/stored/mapped/encoded? Most books on TeX,latex, etc, only explain how to use them, but not the 'system administration' part, which must of us have to learn as well. BTW, I used Idris instructions (without step4 because my texfont works) and I have installed three different fonts so far. Actually, I converted TTF fonts to pfb/afm, then used the Idris steps, and I am happy. Now I hace to learn how to build typescript files, and learn where to put them, and the mapping/encoding business. regards Ciro On Apr 3, 2005 10:57 AM, Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob Ermers said this at Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:03:24 +0200: > > >I completely agree. Context works fine but, like you, I have not > >succeeded in installing any new font thusfar. > > Okay, I get the message: there are quite a few frustrated would-be font > users out there. I see it as being something that someone can understand > (and explain) fairly well in the abstract, but the details throw up > distribution-specific problems. > > So, because it's the only area I can hope to fix, are there any Mac users > out there (gwTeX) that are (still) frustrated with fonts in the way that > Rob and Ciro are? > > For those Mac users, is it a matter of using pre-installed fonts > (Palatino, Helvetica, etc.), or installing your own fonts that is so > frustrating? > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 > Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker, An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: Aug. 2005. _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [email protected] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
