[OS X TeX] mktexpk error

[academic]

Hi Bruno, 

You were right.  I was using a different TeX distribution.  Following your advice, I downloaded and installed Mac TeX 
and now it's working just fine.  Thanks a billion!!!

-Ken N.


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Bruno Voisin <bvoisin at mac.com>
>  Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] mktexpk error
>  Sent: 17 Jan '08 08:34
>  
>  Le 17 janv. 08 à 00:33, academic a écrit :
>  
>  > When I try to typeset one of my tex files using pdflatex (Version  
>  > 3.141592-1.21a-2.2), mktexpk gives me error
>  > messages such as the one I attach to in the end of this email.  I  
>  > have tried to resolve this problem, and I can't find an
>  > answer yet -- why it says "Mismatched"?  Isn't ljfour supposed to be  
>  > 600 dpi?
>  >
>  > [...]
>  >
>  > ====sample error message====
>  > </usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>kpathsea:  
>  > Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag
>  > 1+120/600 --dpi 720 xipasl10
>  > mktexpk: Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 600; ignoring mode.
>  > mktexpk: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour;  
>  > mag:=1+120/600; nonstopmode; input xipasl10
>  > This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4)
>  > (Fatal base file error; I'm stymied)
>  > grep: xipasl10.log: No such file or directory
>  > mktexpk: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+120/600;  
>  > nonstopmode; input xipasl10' failed to make
>  > xipasl10.720pk.
>  
>  You seem to have a non-standard TeX on Mac setup. With a standard  
>  MacTeX install:
>  
>  - Files would live in /usr/local/texlive/2007/ not /usr/local/share/.
>  
>  - xipasl10 would already be available as a PostScript font, no need  
>  for pdfLaTeX to run mktexpk.
>  
>  Here's what I get:
>  
>  theo9mc182:~ bvoisin$ kpsewhich cmr10.pfb
>  /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb
>  theo9mc182:~ bvoisin$ kpsewhich xipasl10.tfm
>  /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/tipa/xipasl10.tfm
>  theo9mc182:~ bvoisin$ kpsewhich xipasl10.pfb
>  /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/tipa/xipasl10.pfb
>  
>  Bruno Voisin
>  
>