[lucida] TeXShop installation of Lucida fonts

[Lori Hughes]

On Feb 21, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Axel E. Retif wrote:

> On  21 Feb, 2011, at 10:55, Lori Hughes wrote:
>
>>> [...]
>>
>> I am fondly remembering the days of afm2tfm and the manually  
>> entering the necessary lines into the psfonts.map file...  : )    
>> Keep the suggestions coming! I am persistent. We'll get it  
>> eventually.
>
> Please avoid editing files manually, or, if you do, always make a  
> backup first, as Karl suggested.
>
> Before proceeding, please restore the original files or, at least,  
> undo the editing.
>
>>> In your Terminal the command
>>>
>>> 	open `kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL`
>>>
>>> should open said directory, right?
>>
>> I get
>> Macintosh:~ lorihughes$ open 'kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL'
>> The file /Users/lorihughes/kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL does  
>> not exist.
>
>
> No, don't use the apostrophe or single quote ', but the grave accent  
> or reversed prime ` that you find just below the ESC key in English  
> keyboards (the one with the ~ as well) ---the command above is a  
> short hand for ``the first command (open) operates on the result of  
> the second command (kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL)''; that is,
>
> 	kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL
> 		/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local
> 	open /usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local
>
>>> Now ---what I would advise you to do is uninstall every Lucida  
>>> file in ~/Library/texlive/2010/ ---*absolutely everything*: *.tfm,  
>>> *.fd, *.sty, etc.--- and put all in
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
>>
>> I can't do this because I cannot find this /usr/local/texlive/texmf- 
>> local directory path.
>
> You have it, but it's invisible. I'll tell you how to find it, but  
> first let's forget what you have in your ~/Library, except for  
> deleting *all* the Lucida files you installed in there (that is, if  
> you want to follow my advice).
>
> Now ---with the command
>
> 	Macintosh:~ lorihughes$ ls -a
>
> what you did is look into your HOME directory, but /usr/local/ 
> texlive/texmf-local starts in the ROOT directory ( / ); with the  
> command
>
> 	ls -al /
>
> you will see, as the last four items,
>
>   drwxr-xr-x@  67 root     wheel        2278 Jan  6 20:02 sbin
>   lrwxr-xr-x@   1 root     wheel          11 Feb 22  2010 tmp ->  
> private/tmp
>   drwxr-xr-x@  15 root     wheel         510 Oct 28 21:28 usr
>   lrwxr-xr-x@   1 root     wheel          11 Feb 22  2010 var ->  
> private/var
>
> all of them (and some others of the list), invisible to the Finder.
>
> Now, to open /usr/local/texlive..., with the Finder active (that is,  
> clicking on the Desktop or any other Finder window) click in the bar  
> menu ``Go'' and select the menu ``Go to Folder...''; it will display  
> a Go to folder field where you will type
>
> 	/usr/local/texlive
>
> and click ``Go''. In the window that opens you'll see at least two  
> directories: 2010 and texmf-local. You're free to inspect all you  
> want, but please do not move or edit anything inside 2010; we will  
> work only with texmf-local. Inside this directory you'll see this  
> structure:
>
> 	bibtex
> 	dvips
> 	fonts
> 	ls-R		<- this is a file
> 	metapost
> 	scripts
> 	tex
> 	web2c
>
> If you have already deleted *all* Lucida files you installed in your  
> ~/Library..., you can now drag your lucida .zip file inside this  
> texmf-local directory. As it is owned by root, it should ask you for  
> your Administrator password.
>
> Now, in your Terminal (replace ``lucida.zip'' for the actual name of  
> the archive),
>
> 	cd /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
> 	sudo unzip lucida.zip
>
> Check if the files have been unpackaged in the proper places; for  
> example, inside fonts -> afm -> bh -> lucida you should see a bunch  
> of *.afm files.
>
> If so, then, again at your Terminal,
>
> 	sudo texhash

texhash: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-config/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-var/ls-R...
texhash: Done.

> 	sudo updmap-sys --nohash --nomkmap --syncwithtrees

updmap: This is updmap, version $Id: updmap 17423 2010-03-11 17:53:34Z  
karl $
updmap: using transcript file `/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-var/web2c/ 
updmap.log'
updmap: initial config file is `/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-config/ 
web2c/updmap.cfg'
updmap: configuration (updmap.cfg) unchanged.

> 	sudo updmap-sys

runs a long list of map files, ends with
updmap: Done.

And now, lucida-sample.tex processes flawlessly. YAY!

A million thank yous!

Lori