Script fonts? (eusm8 and 9)

[Frank Ganz]

Hi David,

Sue's suggestion only applies to font names starting with msam and msbm (i.e. the ams fonts). So, it wouldn't work for the eusm (Euler) fonts.

Frank

>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Ireland [mailto:david at davidireland.co.uk]
>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:31 AM
>To: Techsupport at yandy.com
>Subject: RE: Script fonts? (eusm8 and 9)
>
>
>Thank you very much Frank and Sue for your suggestions.
>
>Revising the standard.sub file did the trick for printing.
>Problem solved!
>
>If I follow the idea in the info Sue sent, if I understand
>correctly, then
>the right font will appear in DVIWINDO too.
>
>Thanks very much
>
>David
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Techsupport-owner at yandy.com
>[mailto:Techsupport-owner at yandy.com]On
>Behalf Of Frank Ganz
>
>Sent: 16 January 2004 16:02
>To: Techsupport at yandy.com
>Subject: RE: Script fonts? (eusm8 and 9)
>
>
>>Can't find font eusm8(24) (Windows offers Ariel)
>>and
>>Can't find font eusm9(47) (Windows offers 'Small Fonts')
>
>Dear David,
>
>This error is in DVIWINDO. You are missing the pfm and probably the pfb
>files for those. You would need to get the pfm and pfb file
>for the design
>sizes 8 and 9. If you are only concerned in getting the font printed
>correctly you can just add a line into
>c:\yandy\dvipsone\sub\standard.sub
>(that way you don't need to change anything anywhere else)
>that reads as
>follows:
>
>eusm8 eusm10
>
>eusm8 will now be substituted with eusm10 (this is an example
>only, you have
>to check which one you have). Please keep in mind that there's
>no problem
>with this as eusm8 and eusm10 are identical. In PostScript
>each font file
>contains the outlines in 1pt size and the driver scales them to the
>requested size. This is contrary to the workings of TeX (or
>contents of the
>.tfm files). In other words, the numbers 8 and 10 in the
>PostScript fonts
>are just part of the font name and have no bearing on the actual size.
>
>Thanks,
>Frank
>
>
>
>