[3261] in SIPB bug reports
Latex fonts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (martins@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 2 20:57:59 1992
From: martins@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 20:57:48 -0500
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Dear SIPB,
I sent you this bug-report 3 weeks ago,
and the bug I reported still has not been fixed and I have received no
reply from you.
Could you make an effort to work on it, it would simplify life
a lot for me and other LaTex users, and it might not be that difficult
to correct the problem.
Send me some mail, at least confirming that this is a bug.
Thanks,
Martin Szummer
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System name: m11-116-2
Type and version: KN02ca 7.4G
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
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I want to use different fonts with LaTeX. Specifically I want to use
the fonts which are *built-in* to the Athena Ln-03 printers, so I am
not asking for something esoteric.
I use LaTeX style files which are placed in the \documentstyle header
and then I use dvips (not dvi2ps) to print them out.
The following work: \documentstyle[times,12pt],
\documentstyle[ncs,12pt],
\documentstyle[avantgarde,12pt]
The following don't work
\documentstyle[souvenir,12pt],
\documentstyle[lubalin,12pt],
What's wrong:
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LaTeX will process the files OK without errors, as it can find the
associated style files in the SIPB locker
(you should have: setenv TEXINPUTS .:/afs/athena/contrib/sipb/lib/tex/macros:/afs/athena/contrib/consult/lib/tex/macros:/usr/athena/lib/tex/macros )
TEXFONTS=.:/afs/athena/contrib/sipb/lib/tex/fonts:/afs/athena/contrib/sipb/lib/tex/fonts/tfm:/afs/athena/contrib/consult/lib/tex/fonts:/usr/athena/lib/tex/fonts
)
dvips will say:
~/tex FASTER: dvips search
This is dvips 5.47 Copyright 1986-91 Radical Eye Software
' TeX output 1992.10.10:2017' -> !lpr
Couldn't find font rpsvl at 600dpi.
dvips: Font rpsvl.600pk not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Font rpsvd.510pk not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Font rpsvl.360pk not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Font rpsvd.420pk not found, characters will be left blank.
<tex.pro><texps.pro>. [1]
What should have happened:
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dvips should not create the above errors (for one thing, the fonts
souvenir and lubalin are built-in in the Athena printers). Also, if
you figure out what is wrong, actually try and print the output dvips
generates. It often happens to me that dvips works and the printer
downloads the file but does not print anything, not even a blank page.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
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The TeX-book, the Meta-Font book, installation manuals for these programs
I would be grateful if you could help me use the documentstyles
mentioned. I have spent 15 hours trying to hack various parts
of LaTeX, but I can't solve it. I know there are other ways to use
fonts in LaTeX using the \newfont command, but it is not good when
using \section and \subsection as these want to change the font size.
I believe there should be support for a simple way of using fonts,
and only document-styles do this.
Thanks and please try to respond,
Martin Szummer
