font display problems

Demosthenes Talaslidis talaslid at civil.auth.gr
Wed Jun 4 08:39:51 CEST 2003




Christina Thiele wrote:

> Demosthenes Talaslidis writes:
> >
> > ...
> > > But did you actually run the setupttf.exe file?
> > >
> > > The Technical Addendum (p.67) says this will ``update the [ttfonts]
> > > section of win.ini''. This is part of section 5.2.5 `Relating font
> > > file names to Windows Face Names', which is about getting fonts to
> > > display properly, and running setupttf helps deal with the case where
> > > `DVIWindo complains that it can't find TrueType fonts'' (p.66, at
> > > bottom).
> >
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > I RUN
> > YANDY\UTI\SETUPTTF.EXE –S
> > FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT.
> > I GET THE MESSAGE:
> > WINDOWS DIRECTORY IS C:\WINNT
> > FOUND F:\WINNT\WIN.INI
> > FONTS IN F:\WINNT\FONTS
> >
> > CONTENTS OF [FONTS] IN WIN.INI
> >
> > FOUND NO FILES NAMED F:\WINNT\FONTS\*FOT
> > 















.
> > Then I get many lines of the form:
> >
> > ARIAL (TRUE TYPE)= ARIAL.FOT
> > ETC
> > 

> > 
.
> > 

> >
> > WHEN I latex (Y&Y), E.G.,  THE HELLO_LB FILE
> > I GET MESSAGES OF THE FORM:
> > “FACE NAME: ARIAL BOLDITALIC
> > NAME ERROR IN SOME TT FONT (PROBABLY AUTO-CONVERTED T1 FONT)
> > RUN THE SETUPTTF. UTILITY”
> >
> > ONLY IF I INSERT IgnoreBadInstall=1 in the [Window}] Section of the Dviwindow.ini
> > these messages do not appear any more.
>
> Well, that's at least something good! No?! ;-))
>
>
> > HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WITH THE WRONG SCREEN DISPLAY OF LIGATURES, ACCENTS ETC
> > REMAINS.
>
> Demosthenes, I'm getting confused ... are you saying that you're using
> an F-drive? Is it possible that not all your paths know about the
> F-drive?!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Everything is o.k.In Disc (F:) I have
installed Windows 2000 Pro.I have checked my dviwindo.ini file: All paths are on Disc
F:.

Demosthenes

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>
>
> > ... [much > > > stuff deleted ;-) -- Ch.]
> > >
> > thank you for your patience
> >
> > Demosthenes
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
>
> Ch.







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