[OS X TeX] TeX Live 2013 - font problem (Bickham Pro)

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Mon Jun 24 15:28:14 CEST 2013


On Jun 23, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:

> After installing TeX Live 2013 I attempted to typeset a document. It seemed to find my Minion Pro fonts, but not my Bickham Pro fonts.
> 
> In the terminal I get the message
> 
> ./BetaT2.tex:54: LaTeX Error: Font family `U+bickhamscr' unknown.
> 
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> ...                                              
> 
> l.54  <-> \mathalfa at scrscaled  bickham-s}{}
> 
> I'm trying to reference the semibold weight of Bickham Pro. Within the .tex file front matter, I've defined
> 
> % Enable Bickham Pro semibold as math font ---------------------------
> \makeatother
> \DeclareFontShape{U}{bickhamscr}{b}{n}{
> <-> \mathalfa at scrscaled  bickham-s}{}
> \SetMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{bold}{U}{bickhamscr}{b}{n}
> \DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathbscr} {U}{bickhamscr}{b}{n}
> \makeatletter
> %--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Even more unusual, when I switch back to TeX Live 2012, I'm getting the same error! This worked yesterday. Now I can't even revert to 2012 as a fall back.
> 

Howdy,

The font information for TL2012 and TL2013 are kept in separate folders so I don't see how anything can interact between them.

> I have a updmap.cfg file in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c with the contents:
> 
> Map bickham.map
> Map MinionPro.map
> 
> 
> and I've run 
> 
> sudo -H mktexlsr
> sudo -H updmap-sys
> 
> I'm stumped. Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Richard Séguin

1)where are the map files? Is the map file name `bickham.map' correct? Where are the font files, etc?

2)Is there a blank line at the end of the updmap.cfg file?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)






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