Installing Type I fonts in Windows XP

[Neil A Weiss]

Thanks, Christina, for the prompt response. We really appreciate
your help.

Best regards,

Neil

Neil A. Weiss
Voice: 928-541-1112
Email: neil.a.weiss at juno.com


On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:38:16 -0500 (EST) Christina Thiele
<cthiele at ccs.carleton.ca> writes:
> Neil A Weiss writes:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > We just got a new computer and it runs Windows XP (Home Edition).
>
> >
> > I think that you've addressed Windows XP installation issues
> previously,
> > but we just want to be sure that we install our new version of
> Y&Y
> > properly.
> >
> > * First, we install the fonts by choosing File > Install New Font
> . . .
> > in
> > the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.  Correct?
>
> Yes.
>
>
> > * We have Type I fonts already on our hard disk. Those are the
> fonts
> > that we want to install, *not* the ones on the Y&Y TeX CD. Our
> pfb
> > files are in C:\psfonts and our pfm files are in C:\psfonts\pfm.
> Does
> > Windows want the pfm files or the pfb files? In other words, after
> we
> > choose File > Install New Font . . . in the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts
> folder,
> > do we point Windows to the C:\psfonts folder or to the
> C:\psfonts\pfm
> > folder?
>
> The Technical Addendum states (p.5) that
>
>    PFB and PFM files are required for viewing in DVIWindo, and both
>    are required for printing from DVIWindo using a Windows
> Postscript
>    driver. DVIPSONE, on the other hand, requires only the PFB
> files.
>
> So, I'd say you need both. And your paths for both are correct. If
> you've got icons set up you may well see font filenames with a
> lowercase red-a in front of them. These are the .pfb files. I
> _believe_ that the installation process on XP machines, as with ATM
> for the less-evolved OSs ;-) , takes care of generating and placing
> the .pfm files in the appropriate spot.
>
> Not being familiar with XP, I think I'd install the .pfb files but
> have Explorer (or whatever the XP equivalent is) open to keep tabs
> on
> what's being stashed into c:\psfonts\pfm. That is, I'd be confident
> enough that the .pfbs were going to the right place, but I'd want
> to
> make sure the .pfms were too.
>
> As for where to `point' Windows when/during/after installing, I
> believe it's to c:\psfonts -- the installation is based on the pfb
> files; the pfms, from what I can figure out, are a second-level
> item
> that's placed once the .pfb's been properly settled into place.
>
> > * After the fonts are copied (installed) to the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts
> > folder, we then install Y&Y itself, right?
>
> Yes. Now, if your Y&YTeX dates from the past 6 months, I'd suggest
> you
> do the basic installation, and then the LaTeX installation, but
> leave
> the CTAN portion out for now. You can always add that stuff later
> ... but we know that there's a bug in the install script for the
> CTAN
> portion, and it's not clear to me whether this just means that
> boites.sty won't be installed, or if the glitch has further
> ramifications for final installation. So leave off the CTAN bit.
>
> If you've been on this forum for a while, you might want to also go
> back to find a message with `bug-fixes.txt' in it -- it's a list of
> fixes that I found I had to make for my installation ... and I'd
> gone
> ahead with the CTAN install -- so perhaps some of my `bugs' are
> just
> symptoms of that boites.sty stumble. In any event, use it as a
> reference to double-check that things are as they should be.
>
> But you know -- it sounds like you have the right plan already laid
> out, so go ahead and install ;-)
>
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Neil A. Weiss
> > Voice: 928-541-1112
> > Email: neil.a.weiss at juno.com
> >
>
> Ch.
>
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