Using psfrag on a mac

[Rob]

Hello,
I recently switched to a Mac and am using TexShop. I am using the
package epstopdf to convert eps figures into pdf for the Mac, but am
unable to use psfrag. Can someone inform me on the right way I should
be using psfrag in TexShop or send me an example that works on their
mac?
Thanks
Rob

[Herbert Schulz]

In article
<1134153b-f1f7-41ac...@w34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Rob <robby...@gmail.com> wrote:

Howdy,

If all of your figures are going to be eps or ps based you might want to
use the latex->dvips->ps2pdf mode (know as TeX+Ghostacript) rather than
the default pdflatex to produce your pdf files. You can make this the
default by settting TeXshop->Preferences->Typesetting->Default Script to
TeX + Ghostscript. You can use it for this session by checking
Typeset->TeX and Ghostscript. You can have the file itself tell TeXShop
to use this method (I have to admit I use this method) by placing the
line

%%!TEX TS-program = latex

as the first line in the document; then when you typeset (Cmd-T) TeXshop
will automatically choose the latex->dvips->ps2pdf method for
compilation (and you won't need the epstopdf package to convert eps->pdf
an more either).

Note: if you use latex->dvips->ps2pdf you won't be able to include jpg
or pdf graphics in your document.

Good Luck,
Herb Schulz

[Rob]

Thanks Herb.
This makes sense to me. However, I'm getting an error message (a
failure message) when I try this:

This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2008.12.02:1323' -> /tmp/altpdflatex.
645-1228249381/657AK5.ps
/usr/texbin/dvips: ! Couldn't find header file arial.pfb.
Note that an absolute path or a relative path with .. are denied in -
R2 mode.
### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.645-1228249381/657AK5.ps ()

Am I missing something in terms of what I shold have downloaded for
MacTex? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks again
Rob Oxoby

On Dec 1, 7:20 pm, Herbert Schulz <he...@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> In article
> <1134153b-f1f7-41ac-9b3c-e34617d98...@w34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,

[pluton]

> This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software
> (www.radicaleye.com)
> ' TeX output 2008.12.02:1323' -> /tmp/altpdflatex.
> 645-1228249381/657AK5.ps
> /usr/texbin/dvips: ! Couldn't find header file arial.pfb.
> Note that an absolute path or a relative path with .. are denied in -
> R2 mode.
> ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.645-1228249381/657AK5.ps ()
>
> Am I missing something in terms of what I shold have downloaded for
> MacTex? Any help would be appreciated.

I think you are missing a font, namely "arial.pfb". Try to compile
with:
\usepackage[adobe-
garamond,uppercase=upright,greeklowercase=upright,expert]{mathdesign}
or
\usepackage{lmodern}

and see what happens.