Re: Unable to use URW Garamond No. 8 Type 1 typeface

Robin Fairbairns said the following at 05/27/2006 12:20 PM :

>> Actually, as I was thinking about this overnight, I decided that I don't
>> understand why it's ever trying to build a bit-mapped font. Surely pdfTeX
>> can simply use the .pfb file directly. I guess I simply don't understand
>> how pdfTeX and type 1 fonts work at all, and I need to google around to
>> find a good explanation.
> 
> it's trying to build a bitmap as a last resort.  it can't find a .pfb,
> so it (vainly, as it proves) hopes there will be a bitmap font it can
> use.
> 

Oh, I see. Thank you for explaining that.

> have you tried *8t fonts instead of *8a fonts, yet?
> 

See prior e-mail from a few minutes ago. No joy.

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