[OS X TeX] Postscript font problem

Adrian Heathcote adrian.heathcote at philosophy.usyd.edu.au
Mon Nov 4 06:03:16 EST 2002



Michel

you must be right. I've just checked the output log and it is clear 
that t1mbb.fd is called. But so is ot1mbbx.fd. Also I didn't specify 
the encoding, t1 or ot1---as nrich didn't either.

Adrian Heathcote


On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 09:47  PM, Michel Bovani wrote:

> Le 4/11/02 11:30, « Adrian Heathcote »
> <adrian.heathcote at philosophy.usyd.edu.au> a écrit :
>
>> I have tested your file with xbembo and it comes out fine for me. 
>> Pound
>> sign present, correct rate of exchange.
>>
>>
>> My guess is that there is something wrong at the level of the .fd 
>> file.
>> What is the m/ui part below? I don't recognise it.
>>
>>> LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/pbb/m/ui' undefined
>>> (Font)              using `OT1/pbb/m/n' instead on input line 5.
>>
>> Anyhow the glyph should be there.
>
> Not in the OT1 encoding...
>
> In the OT1 encoding, the '044 slot contains :
> - the dollar symbol in roman shapes
> - the pound symbol in italic shapes
>
> In text mode \pound is \textsterling and see ot1enc.def \textsterling 
> calls
> \fontshape{ui}.
>
> There is three solutions
>
> 1 - $\pounds$ (but the symbol will probably be slanted...
> 2 - install an ui version of the font
> 3 - use the T1 encoding...
>
>
> -- 
> Michel Bovani
>
>
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