[OS X TeX] Adobe Post Script Font Mapping

[Lothar Richter]

Hi,

after searching several sites I did it according to

http://homepage.mac.com/bkerstetter/tex/fonttutorial-current.html

In detail:
Am 07.12.2008 um 21:41 schrieb cfrees at imapmail.org:

> On Sun 7th Dec, 2008 at 12:15, Lothar Richter seems to have written:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am not sure, whether this is a real MaxTeX specific question, so  
>> I apologize if it is not.
>>
>> I am using Tex Live for Mac version 2008.
>> I installed Adobe Garamond according to the various instructions  
>> available on the internet:
>
> Which ones?
>

Font files;
AGarBolIta
AGarReg
AGarSemIta
AGarBol
AGarIta
AGarSem

Instructions:
http://homepage.mac.com/bkerstetter/tex/fonttutorial-current.html


>> -renaming of outline files to padr8a.pfb etc...
>> -generation of pl and vpl files from afm files
>
> How?
>
First rename and unmac the fonts:

t1unmac -r padr8a/rsrc padr8a.pfb
etc... for the other fonts

My driver file for fontsinst:

\input fontinst.sty
\latinfamily{pad}{}
\bye



>> -transformation to tfm and vf files
>
> How?
>

apply pltotf *.pl
apply vptovf *.vpl

The map file (pad.map):
% Adobe Garamond
padr8r  AGaramond-Regular        "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont"  
<8r.enc <padr8a.pfb
padri8r AGaramond-Italic         "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont"  
<8r.enc <padri8a.pfb
pads8r  AGaramond-Semibold       "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont"  
<8r.enc <pads8a.pfb
padsi8r AGaramond-SemiboldItalic "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont"  
<8r.enc <padsi8a.pfb
padb8r  AGaramond-Bold           "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont"  
<8r.enc <padb8a.pfb
padbi8r AGaramond-BoldItalic     "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont"  
<8r.enc <padbi8a.pfb

> - cfr
>
>> -installation in ~Library/texmf ...
>> -updating the maps
>>
>> The problem is following:
>> I am using format plain.tex  and latin1 file encoding and all  
>> macros (including \"a ...) are working. I switch to Garamond
>> (e.g. \font\Garamond=padr8r at 16pt) and the macros do not work  
>> anymore, german umlaut (ä,ü,ö) can be typed directly
>> and are displayed correctly. It has to do with the character  
>> arrangement in Adobe fonts which differ from TeX alignment.
>> Since I am not a font wiz I am wondering what to do.
>> Went something wrong with the font transformation or do I have to  
>> do a remapping manually?
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
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Best regards,
Lothar
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