[fptex] Re: fpTeX 0.5 problem

[Svend Daugaard Pedersen]

Hello Fabrice

On 22-Sep-01, Fabrice Popineau wrote:

> * Svend Daugaard Pedersen <Svend@DaugaardPedersen.dk> writes:
> 
>> I have installed the new fpTeX without problems. Also WinDvi can be
> 
> Nothing significant in the texmf-var/web2c/szetup-*.log file ? 
> 
>> started. But when I try to load (from within WinDvi) some of my dvi
>> files (those containing math formulas) I get this fatal error
>> message:
> 
>>   Not all pixel files were found
> 
> Because it has not been able to find any of the .pk files it needs.
> Probably it is expecting to build .pk files out of type1 fonts using
> gsftopk, and for some reason it fails to do so.
> 
> I would check that Ghostscript is installed (6.50 recommmended) and

I had the 7.00 installed. I uninstalled this and installed 6.50 -- and
this change did it :-)

> that some command like:
> 
> c:\>gsftopk ptmr8r 600
> 
> does work.
> 
> The difference with 0.4 is probably that type1 fonts are used over
> mf fonts.
> 
> Fabrice
> 
Regards

  Svend