[OS X TeX] Fonts and PSNFSS

[Alain Schremmer]

Thanks very, very much. I will do it, sometimes tonight, and report back.

But I think I see where I probably went wrong as I didn't "check out the 
texfmf.tetex tree (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/"

Regards and gratitude'
--schremmer


Will Robertson wrote:

>
> On 12 Jun 2004, at 3:18 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>>
>> (1) Both the lw35nfss and the freefss Folders contain a Fonts folder 
>> in which there is a tfm and a vf folder and I assume this means that 
>> I should create ~/Library/Fonts/*tfm* and ~/Library/Fonts/*vf* and 
>> put the contents together therein.
>>
>
> Not quite. Check out the texfmf.tetex tree 
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/ --- use the "Go to Folder..." in 
> the Finder's Go menu and type /usr/ and just browse from there in) and 
> mirror that in your ~/Library/texmf/ local tree: In your case you want 
> to create the folder ~/Library/texmf/fonts/ and put everything in there
>
>> (2) Similarly, they both contain  tex/latex/psnfss so that I should 
>> create the texmf/tex/latex/*psnfss* folder and put the contents 
>> together therein.
>
>
> Yep!
>
>>
>> (3) Installing the PSNFSS macro packages
>>
>>    ------------------------------------
>>
>>    Copy the files
>>
> <snip>
>
>>
>>    to a directory where you keep documented LaTeX sources.
>>    In a TDS-compliant system this should be the directory
>>
>>      texmf/*source*/latex/psnfss/ .
>>
>>    Run LaTeX on the installation script psfonts.ins to create
>>    the package (.sty) files.  Move them to a directory where
>>    LaTeX will find them.  In a TDS-compliant system this should
>>    be the directory
>>
>>      texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/ .
>>
>> In ~/Library/texmf, there already are two folders, doc and tex. Does 
>> this mean that I have to create a folder, 
>> ~/Library/texmf/*source/*latex/psnfss in which to copy the above files?
>
>
> If you have the .sty file, that's really all you need. I'd just put it 
> all into ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/psfonts/ and delete the 
> other stuff later if necessary.
>
>>
>> (4) Fonts required for PSNFSS
>>
>>    -------------------------
>>
>>    The "Base 35" fonts
>>      Free substitutes for the commercial PostScript Base fonts
>>      are available from the CTAN directory fonts/urw/base35.
>>
>> Here the pfb.zip gives *pub*/tex/fonts//urw//base35/pfb/a whole lot 
>> of files. Where do I create *pub*?
>
>
> My best advice is to try and mirror the folder stucture of texmf.tetex.
>
>>
>> (5) Type1 Font files
>>
>> Here, say, the charter.zip gives gives pub/tex/fonts//charter//a 
>> whole lot of files. Should I put the  /charter/ folder alongside the 
>> /urw/ folder inside the *pub*/tex/fonts folder?
>
>
> The way the fonts folder is set up is:
>
> .../fonts/<font file type>/<font foundry>/<font name>/
>
> So since .pfb files are postscript *Type 1* fonts, they go in
> .../fonts/type1/...
>
> If those pfb files made by Bitstream, say, then they'd go in
> .../fonts/type1/bitstrea/...      (name truncated to 8 characters)
>
> If the name of the font is Charter, then they pfb files would go in
> .../fonts/type1/bitstrea/charter/
>
> You should find these folders in
> /usr/local/tetex/share/texmf.tetex/...
> since Charter is installed by default.
>
>>
>> (6) Finally,
>>
>>    Consult the documentation of your TeX system, how to install font
>>    map files for dvips and pdfTeX!
>>
>> I read the TeXshop help but it doesn't seem to be involved with 
>> fonts. What is? All I care is pdf.
>
>
> If you've installed the TeX documentation with i-Installer, then you 
> might like to read fnguide:
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/latex/base/fntguide.dvi
>
> I've probably left some stuff out. There are people here that know 
> more about font installations than me...
>
> Will
>
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