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Johannes Wiedersich

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May 22, 2012, 4:50:02 PM5/22/12
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Dear list,

some time ago I installed and use some non-free fonts for latex. They
were installed by

getnonfreefonts-sys --verbose -a

After the latest texlive update of wheezy some days ago, these fonts do
not work any more:

[...]
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 0+456/600 --dpi
456 uopb8r
mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for uopb8r.
mktexpk: perhaps uopb8r is missing from the map file.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
[...]

Apparently, the command getnonfreefonts-sys is no longer available.

How could I install or reactivate the optima font?

Thanks,
Johannes


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Camaleón

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May 23, 2012, 1:00:01 PM5/23/12
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 22:40:56 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:

> some time ago I installed and use some non-free fonts for latex. They
> were installed by
>
> getnonfreefonts-sys --verbose -a
>
> After the latest texlive update of wheezy some days ago, these fonts do
> not work any more:
>
> [...]
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 0+456/600 --dpi
> 456 uopb8r
> mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for uopb8r. mktexpk:
> perhaps uopb8r is missing from the map file. kpathsea: Appending font
> creation commands to missfont.log. [...]
>
> Apparently, the command getnonfreefonts-sys is no longer available.

According to this bug report (message #30) the script is not available
anymore:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664646

> How could I install or reactivate the optima font?

I'd start by reading the mentioned "missfont.log" maybe there's something
of usefulness there :-?

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Johannes Wiedersich

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May 24, 2012, 9:40:04 AM5/24/12
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Thanks for your help!

On 23/05/12 18:55, Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2012 22:40:56 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> According to this bug report (message #30) the script is not available
> anymore:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664646
Yes, that's the problem:
1. the installed font was removed / disconfigured during the upgrade.
2. the script to reinstall the font is gone. :-(
>> How could I install or reactivate the optima font?
> I'd start by reading the mentioned "missfont.log" maybe there's something
> of usefulness there :-?
Well, probably not:

$ cat missfont.log
mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 uopr8r
mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 0+456/600 --dpi 456 uopb8r

Cheers,
Johannes


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Camaleón

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May 24, 2012, 11:40:02 AM5/24/12
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On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:39:29 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:

> Thanks for your help!
>
> On 23/05/12 18:55, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 May 2012 22:40:56 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> According to this bug report (message #30) the script is not available
>> anymore:
>>
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664646

> Yes, that's the problem:
> 1. the installed font was removed / disconfigured during the upgrade.

By reading the changelog of the package:

***
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/t/texlive-extra/texlive-extra_2011.20120424-1/changelog

* replace otf/ttf fonts with links to the files in the
respective Debian package, depend on that package
***

It could be that commit what misconfigured the font :-?

> 2. the script to reinstall the font is gone. :-(

That seems to be on purpose so there's must be a new way for doing the
same with the new version, though I think this should be documented. Is
there something at the docs that explains how to do this? If not, you can
report a documentation bug.

>>> How could I install or reactivate the optima font?
>> I'd start by reading the mentioned "missfont.log" maybe there's
>> something of usefulness there :-?

> Well, probably not:
>
> $ cat missfont.log
> mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 uopr8r
> mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 0+456/600 --dpi 456 uopb8r

Only the run commands? Mmm... let's back to the original error then:

***
mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for uopb8r.
mktexpk: perhaps uopb8r is missing from the map file.
***

Check if what it says is true. Is the font "uopb8r" available at the
mentioned map file?

Greetings,

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