Re: dvips is not finding fonts

Vladimir Lomov <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:24:44 +0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.tetex.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've teTeX 2 installed with my Gentoo Linux distribution.
> I've also installed the fonts and style files from tengwarscript into
> $HOME/texmf.
> 
> The structure is as follows:
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> However when I try a simple test file, latex works ok, if I use
> dvipdfm also works ok but when I use dvips I get the following error:
> $ dvips -o tengtest.ps tengtest.dvi
> This is dvips(k) 5.92b Copyright 2002 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
> ' TeX output 2006.03.13:1825' -> tengtest.ps
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+60/600
> --dpi 660 tnganbi
> mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for tnganbi.
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
> dvips: Font tnganbi not found,  using cmr10 instead.
> dvips: Checksum mismatch in font tnganbi
> <texc.pro><8r.enc><texps.pro><special.pro><color.pro>. [1]
> 
> and the output is trash. :-|
> 
> Any ideas where the problem might be?
> 
> Thanks,
First question: do you run 'texconfig rehash'?
Second question: do you add map file into 'updmap.cfg' or run
'updmap --enable Map=tengwarscript.map' ?
Third question: what say the documentation for the package?

P.S. Sorry, if my English is poor.

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With best regards, Vladimir Lomov