[OS X TeX] TeX Live 2004 and map files

[Morten Høgholm]

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:34:46 +0200, Timothy Larkin <tsl1 at cornell.edu>  
wrote:

> After I upgraded my teTeX installation to the TeX Live 2004 version (I  
> use pdftex), via i-Installer, the font map file I had created  
> previously, and which had worked perfectly, ceased to function.   
> Attempting to use any one of my local fonts caused a failed attempt to  
> create it with Metafont, followed by a message that the font could not  
> be found. "kpsewhich" confirmed that pdfTeX should search the path that  
> contains the map and font files.
>
> I downgraded to TeX Live 2003, and the map file functioned properly  
> again.
>
> I infer that something changed, but though I have searched both hither  
> and yon, I failed to find a clue.  I will be much obliged if someone  
> will enlighten me on this matter, which I sure is patently obvious from  
> some perspective in some alternate universe.

What did you search for? Searching for
   map files texlive
on Google yields <http://www.tug.org/texlive/mapenc.html> as the first  
link. There's lots of information and links there so I shall refrain from  
giving my interpretation of it.
-- 
Morten
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