[pdftex] pdcfsel and pdftex (pdftex and fonts)

[Han The Thanh]

> I've been reading Alan Hoenig's excellent TeX Unbound book, and came
> across the pdcfsel macro file that allows you to change fonts in
> an easy "LaTeX" sort of way, while still using plain TeX.  My first
> test was to format a document using Euler math and the Concrete fonts
> (ccr, ccsl, etc.).  It runs fine with TeX and I can view / print it,
> but when I run it through pdftex I get:
> 
>     Warning: pdftex (file ccsl10): Font ccsl10 at 600 not found
>     Warning: pdftex (file cccsc10): Font cccsc10 at 600 not found
>     Warning: pdftex (file ccr10): Font ccr10 at 444 not found
>     Warning: pdftex (file ccr10): Font ccr10 at 600 not found
> 
> and the PDF file is unviewable.  I'm using pdfTeX 3.14159-14f.
> Here's the top of the file:
> 
>     \input pdcfsel
> 
>     % Euler math with Concrete text
>     \def\mathtemplate{%
>         \@\m{rm}{ccr10}\@\m{it}{ccti10}%
>         \@\m{tt}{cmtt9}\@\m{sl}{ccsl10}%
>         \@\M{mi}{eurm10}\@\M{sy}{cmsy10}%
>     }
> 
>     \xfontset{scriptscript}\mathtemplate{6}
>     \xfontset{script}\mathtemplate{7.4}
>     \fontset{body}%
>         \mathtemplate{10}{12pt}{script}{scriptscript}
> 
>     \bodyfonts
> 
> Any thoughts?  What does it mean when pdftex says "Font xxx at YYY
> not found", and what does one need to do to make them available?

the pk version of the above fonts are not available. You can create them by
adding

MKTEXPK = 1

into your texmf.cnf and rerun pdftex.


HTH,
Thanh