[tex-live] Problem with local fonts [SOLVED]

Diederik Huys diederik.huys at student.kuleuven.be
Mon Jan 28 17:03:12 CET 2008


OK,

I resolved the problem.
I looked finally in de configuration of dviout, which does not use the 
TEXMF config.
After manually refreshing the search path of DVIOUT, it worked!

Diederik Huys.


Diederik Huys schreef:
> Hi,
>
> I cannot get the local fonts right. I run TeXLive 2007 on Vista 32-bit.
> I set the local texmf tree manually under C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-local 
> and then put the files under:
>
>        
> C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-local\fonts\pk\ljfour\kulstijl\dpi300\kulfont1.300pk
>        
> C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-local\fonts\pk\ljfour\kulstijl\dpi600\kulfont1.600pk
>        C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-local\fonts\tfm\kulstijl\kulfont1.tfm
>
> Of course I updated the texmf tree.
>
> Now when I try to build a document with the font, dviout complains 
> with the following:
>
>     Abort automatic font generation for this file?
>     Retry it for the investigation by executinhg GEN_TMP.BAT?
>     Ignore this font?
>
> Of course I retry:
>
>     
> C:\Users\Diederik\Documents\Doctoraat\Voortzettingsrapport>C:\TEXLIV~1\bin\win32
>     \mktexpk.exe --mfmode / --dpi 600 --bdpi 600 --mag 600/600 kulfont1
> *    mktexmf: empty or non-existent rootfile!
>     mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for kulfont1.
> *    C:\Users\Diederik\Documents\Doctoraat\Voortzettingsrapport>Pause 
> to keep the abo
>     ve message by Cut   & Paste!
>     Druk op een toets om door te gaan. . .
>
> Going back to dviout I get quite some info from the logfile:
>
>
> kulfont1.600(3000):
>
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\fonts\tfm\\kulfont1.tfm
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\fonts\tfm\\kulfont1.tfm
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf\fonts\tfm\\kulfont1.tfm
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.600pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.601pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.599pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.600pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.601pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.599pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.600pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.601pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf\fonts\pk\\kulfont1.599pk
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\fonts\vf\\kulfont1.vf
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\fonts\vf\\kulfont1.vf
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf\fonts\vf\\kulfont1.vf
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\fonts\ovf\\kulfont1.ovf
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\fonts\ovf\\kulfont1.ovf
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf\fonts\ovf\\kulfont1.ovf
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\fonts\tfm\\kulfont1.tfm
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\fonts\tfm\\kulfont1.tfm
>     Searched C:\TeXLive2007\texmf\fonts\tfm\\kulfont1.tfm
>     Searched the above
>
> As you can see, the texmf-local subtree is not even considered.
> I tried for days to find it but I didn't! I hope someone here knows 
> this problem...
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
   


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