[OS X TeX] Trying to upgrade to MacTex 2012 : Font errors

[Eric van der Oord]

Thank you Herbert. Problem solved.

As a beginner, I took time to understand that updmap had to be run *after* choosing the TeXLive 2012 distribution in System prefs ;-)

Best Regards

Eric

Le 28 mai 2013 à 15:16, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> a écrit :

> 
> On May 28, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Eric van der Oord <eric.vanderoord at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> I've tried to upgrade from MacTex 2010 to 2012.
>> 
>> I get error warnings as this:
>> 
>> [
>> !pdfTeX error: /usr/texbin/pdflatex (file lttr8r): Font lttr8r at 461 not found
>> 
>> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>> ]
>> 
>> Looks as if the font and map files located in my personal library were not seen.
>> 
>> Is that a know issue ? 
>> 
>> Have I to do some updmap ? Which one ?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for any help
>> 
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> 
>> Eric
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> This will NOT work with TeX Live 2012 (and later --- when released). You must use `updmap` instead of `updmap-sys` when using fonts in your personal tree (~/Library/texmf).
> 
> Please read `TeXLive2012Changes.pdf.zip' from <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10932738/index.html>, un-zip it and read, especially, the section about installing fonts with specific information about fonts installed in your personal tree.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> 
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