Robin Fairbairns said the following at 05/27/2006 12:20 PM : >> Actually, as I was thinking about this overnight, I decided that I don't >> understand why it's ever trying to build a bit-mapped font. Surely pdfTeX >> can simply use the .pfb file directly. I guess I simply don't understand >> how pdfTeX and type 1 fonts work at all, and I need to google around to >> find a good explanation. > > it's trying to build a bitmap as a last resort. it can't find a .pfb, > so it (vainly, as it proves) hopes there will be a bitmap font it can > use. >
Oh, I see. Thank you for explaining that. > have you tried *8t fonts instead of *8a fonts, yet? > See prior e-mail from a few minutes ago. No joy. Doc
