Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!lll-winken!unixhub!shelby!agate!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!ugun13!ridderbusch.pad From: ridderbusch.pad@nixdorf.com (Frank Ridderbusch, PXD-S4) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: metafont and .tfm problems Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 90 08:45:03 GMT References: <1990Nov2.173435.15558@doe.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@ugun13.UUCP Reply-To: ridderbusch.pad@nixdorf.com (Frank Ridderbusch, STO XS 141) Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme GmbH, Paderborn, West Germany Lines: 39 In-reply-to: david@doe.utoronto.ca's message of 2 Nov 90 17:34:35 GMT >>>>> On 2 Nov 90 17:34:35 GMT, david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) said: David> I have metafont from atari.archive, and I have been having problems David> with it. The .tfm files which it generates are not entirely correct, David> and when I try to initex plain.tex, it rejects them (otherwise, David> DVI programs say that the font does not match the .tfm file). Are you sure, that you mean 'initex'? 'initex' usually don't need any fonts, since it is only used to create a 'dumped' format from 'plain.tex' or 'lplain.tex' for faster loading by 'virtex'. Only 'virtex' should complain, if a .tfm is not available, when you are compiling a document. David> The package from atari.archive comes with virmf, but not with inimf, David> so a better package would be nice for all of us. Is there one anywhere, David> maybe at a German site? Inimf is not quite so important as is initex. Since my first metafont setup I've never run inimf again. But part of the package should then be a file like 'plain.base', which should be a 'dumped' version of the metafont basics and should contain setup parameters for various printers. David> David Megginson David> -- David> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// David> / David Megginson david@doe.utoronto.ca / David> / Centre for Medieval Studies meggin@vm.epas.utoronto.ca / David> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -- MfG/Regards /==== Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG / Ridderbusch, STO / , Heinz Nixdorf Ring / /./ 4790 Paderborn, West Germany /=== /,== ,===/ /,==, // Tel.: (+49) 5251/104685 / // / / // / / \ NERV:ridderbusch.pad / / `==/\ / / / \ BIX:fridder BTX:0525467066-0001 UUCP: !USA: ridderbusch.pad@nixdorf.de USA: ridderbusch.pad@nixdorf.com