font installation

[David Carlisle]

simplest is to use luatex or xetex and use the otf file directly rather
than generate tfm based fonts for pdftex.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}

\setmainfont{DejaVuSansMono.ttf}% or whatever
\begin{document}

Hello world

\end{document}

On Wed, 20 Sept 2023 at 21:07, Walter Burkhard via texhax <texhax at tug.org>
wrote:

> Hello I am trying to install a font in my texlive structured system.
> I am following the Font installation guide found in
>  Fontinstallationguide.pdf.    I am reading page 9 (of 109) step 1
> that states I should copy the type1 pdf  and afm  files elsewhere.
>
> My problem immediately is that I have only an otf file from the foundry.
>
> How do I get the pdf and afm files?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Walt Burkhard
>
>
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