[tex-live] Problem Installin Emerald.sty

[Zdenek Wagner]

2010/5/21 Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>:
> On 21 May 2010 Lars Madsen wrote:
>
> ...
> It should work though.  A user should always be able to install his
> own fonts locally.  Suppose that you bought a font but the license
> doesn't allow you to make it available to others.
>
>  > I usually only run updmap-sys
>
> Sure, this is the preferred way to install new fonts, whenever
> possible.
>
>  > Try renaming ~/.texlive2009
>
> This is certainly a reasonable workaround but it's better to find out
> what went wrong.  IMO, at least.  I would run
>
>  $EDITOR `kpsewhich pdftex.map`
>
> and search for "faumw8r".  There should be a line beginning with this
> string but according to the error message this line is missing.  If
> this line is missing, updmap is the culprit.  The most likely reason
> is that it was called with wrong arguments.
>
I do not know the emerald package but if faumw8r is expected, then the
key point is to use

updmap-sys --enable Map=emerald.map

Map says that you install PS fonts, the DVI drivers as well as pdftex
should search for PFB files, while MixedMap says that PK fonts may be
generated from MF sources.

> If the line is missing I would also run updmap again and examine the
> messages written to screen carefully.  Does it process emerlad.map at
> all?
>
> Regards,
>  Reinhard
>
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