[OS X TeX] Microtype & phv

[Aaron Jackson]

Right because there are type 1 versions installed in
teTeX/sharetexmf.tetex/fonts/type1/bitstrea/charter, but no real
helvetica type 1 fonts come with TeX.  I guess I should correct my
statement: "As far as the following fonts are concerned they are not
the real thing, they are URW versions
(teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/urw):

avantgar
bookman
courier
helvetic
ncntrsbk
palatino
symbol
times
zapfchan
zapfding

I really only use a few different fonts, so I made a statement that was
too general.

How do you include Helvetica in your document?  Can you try to use uhv
instead phv?

On Nov 11, 2004, at 1:34 PM, Herb Schulz wrote:

> On 11/11/04 12:14 PM, "Aaron Jackson" <jackson at negril.msrce.howard.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, basically all the fonts included with LaTeX (with the exception
>> of utopia) are knock-offs.  It's like going to the barber and asking
>> for a Mullet and getting a Mulletini instead.  It's just not as
>> bitchen' as the real thing (the top just isn't as short as it should
>> be, while the back just isn't as long).
>>
>> It seems that when you try to process your doc, the system is looking
>> for the real helvetica, which isn't installed on your system.  I guess
>> the real fix is to get type 1 postscript versions of helvetica and
>> install them on your system (not too hard, I just installed Times New
>> Roman last night), or find out why the system is looking for real
>> helvetica instead of looking for it's "Mulletini" version URW Nimbus
>> Sans (uhvr8a not phvr8).  It could be something is broken...
>>
>> If you want install your own fonts take a look at:
>>
>> http://homepage.mac.com/bkerstetter/tex/fonttutorial-current.html
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/info/Type1fonts/ 
>> fontinstallationguide.pdf
>>
>> They pretty much tell you everything you need to know.  FIY the
>> instructions for making a map file are more current in the pdf..
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> But, for example, when I use Charter (also one of the Basic 35  
> LaserWriter
> Fonts) I have no problems with expansion being enabled (and it does  
> have an
> effect) in microtype. I know that there are special microtype  
> configuration
> files for Palatino and Times but not for Charter.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
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