[tex-live] Map vs. MixedMap
Hartmut Henkel
hartmut_henkel at gmx.de
Sun Jan 28 17:28:00 CET 2007
Hi Reinhard,
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> >>>>> "Hartmut" == Hartmut Henkel <hartmut_henkel at gmx.de> writes:
>
> > Hi, i would be glad to know what the difference is between Map and
> > MixedMap in updmap.cfg. Is it documented anywhere? Is it
> > historical?
>
> $ man 5 updmap.cfg
>
> MixedMap
> Similar to Map. It should be used when there is Type1 and a bitmap
> implementation of the font (the latter mostly coming from MetaFont).
> These entries will not be used in the default map of dvips if dvip-
> sPreferOutline is set to false.
> Usage: MixedMap filename.map
many thanks! Should have looked there first.
(So it could be done in principle similarly with pdftex, but who would
want bitmap fonts in PDF if there are outlines.)
Regards, Hartmut
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