[Mac OS X TeX] embedding fonts

[Dave McCollum]

<x-flowed>Hi,

I have two thoughts about all of this:

  - Why don't we try to identify all the specifics of the embedding
    "problems" and contact the dvips folks? Or, maybe we should contact
    anyone involved with an OS X version to have them include some sort
    of "automatic" support for fonts installed in the various OS X font
    locations.

    This support could be a script that executes during installation,
    and later (manually), whenever the user feels the system font status
    has changed. The script could possibly convert Mac fonts into pfa/pfb
    formats, add whatever "maps" are needed to various config files, etc.

    Sorry for my over-generalized descriptions, as I am not really familiar
    with the details of any OS X TeX distribution.

  - In addition to, or in lieu of, the above suggestion, it would be nice
    if someone would create some sort of document that describes the steps
    involved with adding any installed Mac font to TeX, dvips, etc.

    The idea here is to make fonts a non-issue, as far as is practical,
    for TeX users in OS X. This would be consistent with the Mac OS's
    "ease of use." Not everyone has the time, skill, or inclination to
    hack away at this kind of stuff....

Any takers? Better ideas? Thanks to anyone who can work on these 
things. I would happily serve as a tester, as applicable.



Best regards,

-Dave


>Hello
>  I am trying to use the Mathemathica fonts with TeXShop, but I can't 
>configure dvips. I put a 'p +mma.map' line in the config.ps, and I 
>have the pfa and pfb fonts in the fonts/Type1 directory.
>I have not any message of error, but the characters are missing or 'uglys' .
>
>If I process the dvi file of TeXShop  with the dvips of OzTeX, and 
>the the ps file with the ps2pdf of the TeX distribution result is 
>Ok, so the problem is in dvips.
>
>What is wrong?
>
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