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[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:45:00 -0700 schrieb Sanjay Govindjee:

> I am working on a book and the publisher has sent me the prior edition's 
> files.  I am trying to get the files to compile using latex from the 
> texlive installation on my Mac but am running into trouble with how to 
> deal with the fonts since they appear not to be where latex wants them 
> or there are additional problems.
> 
> One folder from the publisher contains font files as follows:
> 
> HVB_____.PFB    HV______.PFB    ITC-OWBK.FNT    MTEX.PFM MTMI.PFM    
> MTMIB.PFM    MTSYN.PFM    OWBI____.PFM OWB_____.PFM    Offici-B.fnt    
> TIBI____.PFM    TIB_____.PFM TII_____.PFM    TIR_____.PFM    
> ZD______.PFM    timesbd.ttf
> HVB_____.PFM    HV______.PFM    MTEX.PFB    MTMI.PFB    MTMIB.PFB 
> MTSYN.PFB    OWBI____.PFB    OWB_____.PFB    Offic-BI.fnt 
> TIBI____.PFB    TIB_____.PFB    TII_____.PFB    TIR_____.PFB 
> ZD______.PFB    times.ttf
> 
> and some of these appear to be loaded in the style files:
> 
> Kumba_symbols.tex:\font\rrmu=mtgu at 10pt
> P04_Zienk.sty:\font\tmb=tib at 15pt
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\chapheadfont=TGB2 at 12pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:%\font\chapfont=TGL at 22pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\authorfont=TGB at 14pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\affilfont=TGO at 10pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tocfont=TGB at 8pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\itemheadfont=TGB at 10pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\zapfont=ZD at 2.75pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabfootfont=HVO at 7.5pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabentriesfont=HV at 8.5pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabcolheadfont=HVB at 8.5pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabcolheadsupfont=HVO at 5.7pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabcolsubheadfont=HVBO at 8.5pt%
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\titgr=hvmbi at 20pt
> P04_Zienk.tex:\font\higr=hvmbi at 13pt
> 
> when I try to run latex it fails at the load of \font\tmb=tib as latex 
> tries to run 'mktextfm tib' and then complains " I can't find file `tib' 
> ".  Any help on pointer on how to get things running (even minimally) 
> would be appreciated.

Did you also get *.tfm and *.map files and perhaps *.vf files? 

-- 
Ulrike Fischer 
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/