[OS X TeX] comicsans

Andrew Miller ajmiller at psu.edu
Tue Sep 18 15:15:05 EDT 2007


On Sep 18, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 18.09.2007 um 17:30 schrieb Bruno Voisin:
>
>>>> !pdfTeX error: /usr/texbin/pdflatex (file comic.ttf): cannot  
>>>> open TrueType font
>
>
> The TTF file has to be put into an area where TeX searches for  
> fonts. TrueType fonts are found in $TTFONTS, in .../fonts/truetype/ 
> <optional directory>. When you've installed the font file in the  
> system's area /usr/local/gwTeX or /usr/local/texlive, then you'll  
> need to run
>
> 	sudo -H maketexlsr
>
> or
>
> 	sudo -H texhash
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> Without vi there is only GNU Emacs

Well, that worked!

I had them in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/ttf/microsoft/comicsans and moved  
them to
/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/truetype/microsoft/comicsans

I had to make the truetype directory.

Thanks

-- Andrew


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