[OS X TeX] font problem

[KL Tah]

How do I make an .fd file, or where would I get one?
The problem is that the .cls file is written by someone else and I'm 
just using the whole package as a template to create my poster, and it 
says in the header of the .cls file that I do need to have pstimes 
installed.

Also, do I need to have XeTeX installed for all this to work?

KL

On Feb 5, 2006, at 2:31 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 4 févr. 06 à 19:14, KL Tah a écrit :
>
>> [...]
>> (/Users/ktah/Library/texmf/tex/latex/html/url.sty)
>> [...]
>> ) (/Users/ktah/Library/texmf/tex/pstimes.sty
>>
>> LaTeX Font Warning: *** NFSS release 1 command \new at fontshape found
>> (Font)              *** Update by using release 2 command 
>> \DeclareFontShape.
>> (Font)              *** Recovery is probably possible on input line 
>> 21.
>>
>>
>> ! LaTeX Error: Font family `U+times' unknown.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>  ...
>>
>> l.21     <25>psmtimr at 25pt}{}
>
> I agree with Peter here: you seem to have an alternate texmf tree in 
> your home directory, and the files there are used in place of those 
> provided by gwTeX, in case there is duplication.
>
> For example, url.sty is taken from your home directory while there is 
> already one, possibly more up-to-date, at 
> /Library/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/url/url.sty. Generally it's 
> better to stick to the versions included in gwTeX, unless you've a 
> good reason to do otherwise (for example requiring an extended beta 
> version of a package): the advantage of gwTeX being based on teTeX and 
> TeXLive is that it uses a well-tested consistent distribution, where 
> all the packages have been checked to work together well.
>
> Back to your original problem: the package pstimes.sty is the culprit, 
> it seems to require .fd (font definition) files and/or .tfm (TeX font 
> metrics) files that are absent. Use the mathptmx package instead; see 
> /Library/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/latex/psnfss/psnfss2e.pdf.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
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