Using fonts from the LaTeX Font Catalogue.

[Bob Tennent]

 >|Incidentally, I now see that BrushScriptX-Italic existed
 >|as a PFB file in (some) earlier releases of TeX Live
 >|(e.g., TeX Live 2008, 9, 10, 11, 12).  What happened to
 >|the PFB file thereafter, and is this in part a cause of
 >|the problem ?

I don't know why the pfb was replaced by a pfa but it isn't
the cause of any problem. But I have no idea what you think
is a problem.