[OS X TeX] [off-topic] best font set for using Times?

[Axel E. Retif]

On  9 May, 2007, at 06:32, Gary L. Gray wrote:

>
> On May 9, 2007, at 6:34 AM, Axel E. Retif wrote:
>
>> On  8 May, 2007, at 18:32, Gary L.Gray wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Partially answering my own question, it appears that I can modify  
>>> the following line in texmf.cnf to fix the "Not enough room  
>>> left." problem:
>>>
>>> font_mem_size = 1200000
>>>
>>> to be something like:
>>>
>>> font_mem_size = 2000000
>>>
>>> I have copied the file, modified the line above as shown, and  
>>> placed it in:
>>>
>>> ~/Library/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
>>>
>>> but TeX is not seeing it.
>>>
>>> What is the best way to modify texmf.cnf?
>>
>>
>> I had the same problem. Here is Thomas A. Schmitz's reply to my post:
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2007, at 2:00 AM, Axel E. Retif wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Font *** not loaded: Not enough room left
>>>> From: "Axel E. Retif" <axel.retif at mac.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:07:11 -0600
>>>>
>>>> Dear TeXperts:
>>>>
>>>> Typesetting a document with MinionPro in TeXLive-2007 (pdfLaTeX,  
>>>> not
>>>> XeLaTeX) I ran into
>>>>
>>>> ! Font T1/MinionPro-TOsF/bx/n/11.5=MinionPro-Semibold-tosf-t1 at
>>>> 11.5pt not loaded: Not enough room left.
>>>>
>>>> It typesets fine in gwTeXLive, so I guess it's a memory problem,
>>>> right? If so, as far as I remember, I have to increase the  
>>>> memory in
>>>> texmf.cnf and rebuild formats ---is this correct?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Axel
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, that's right. Locate the texmf.cnf that your installation is  
>>> using (kpsewhich texmf.cnf), open and edit it. The value you're  
>>> looking for is font_mem_size (around line 520, I think), and you  
>>> can set it to a value up to 4000000; the default is too low for  
>>> use with fonts with extended kerning information (like many Adobe  
>>> fonts).
>>
>> Now ---putting a modified texmf.cnf in ~/Library/texmf didn't work  
>> for me. I had to modify the one in /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/ 
>> web2c/texmf.cnf *and* rebuild formats.
>
>
> Aha! Thank you.
>
> What formats need to be rebuilt? Just the ones I have created or  
> all of them. If all of them, how does one do that?

I did `` sudo fmtutil-sys --all ''. But, if I remember well, you have  
personal formats in ~/.../web2c, right? I wouldn't know how to  
proceed ---rebuild with `` sudo fmtutil-sys --all '' and then your  
personal formats? I don't know.

Best,

Axel

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