[tex-live] Re: TL6 platex problems

Marcin Wolinski wolinski@mimuw.edu.pl
10 Jul 2001 19:37:26 +0200


Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk> writes:

> Personally, I think that running off the CD is
> very much an "expert" option!

Oh, I thought it was TeX _live_?!

>  > Warning: pdftex (file ecbi1000): Font ecbi1000 at 600 not found
> 
> sure. pdftex is set up by default to work that way, ie not make PK
> fonts. 

pdfTeX should obviously _prefer_ Type 1 fonts.  But why not to
generate PK's?  After all PDF file with bitmap fonts is correct PDF
format and it prints (more or less) correctly.  It just looks ugly on
the screen ;-)

Regards,
M.

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