[XeTeX] defining fonts in plain TeX files

[Ross Moore]

On 23/08/2007, at 4:56 AM, Brian wrote:

>
> On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
>>> If I use \font\normaltext="Times Roman", if fails, saying it can't
>>> find the file.
>>
>> Could we please see the actual .log output this produces, including
>> the error message about the font? Unless you have uninstalled Times
>> Roman on your Mac, I'd have expected this to work.
>
> I haven't uninstalled anything.
>
> Here is the entire log output:
>
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)

This isn't  XeTeX  !!!


> \write18 enabled.
> %&-line parsing enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./master-book-tex.tex (./environment-tex.tex)kpathsea: Illegal
> fontname `Times Roman': contains ' '
>
> ! Font \normaltext="Times Roman" not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not

     ... so of course this fails.


> found.
> <to be read again>
>                     \relax
> <to be read again>
>                     \input
> l.5 \input
>             macro-tex
> ?
> (./macro-tex.tex) (./intro.tex) [1{/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/
> fonts/map/
> pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] [2] )</usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/
> fonts/type1
> /bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>
> Output written on master-book-tex.pdf (2 pages, 9785 bytes).
> Transcript written on master-book-tex.log.
>
>
> Brian
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