tfm files

[Pavel Janik ml.]

   From: "Philip A. Viton" <pviton at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
   Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:04:24 -0500

Hi,

   > Does pdftex use tfm files in pdf-mode? I ran it with kpathsea debug on, and
   > couldn't see any reference to them; but there was a lot of output and I may
   > have missed something.

of course - pdfTeX must read tfm to see metrics info about font.

Try:

strace pdftex example.tex 2>&1|grep "\.tfm"

well, if you're running some OS.
-- 
Pavel Janík ml.
Pavel.Janik at inet.cz