[OS X TeX] Another math font for MinionPro

[Michael Sharpe]

On May 9, 2012, at 7:20 PM, Nestor E. Aguilera wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> On 9 May 2012, at 19:29, Michael Sharpe wrote:
> 
>> On May 9, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Nestor E. Aguilera wrote:
>> 
>>> I get "Font shape undefined" errors for `T1/pmnj/m/n' and `T1/pmnj/m/it', which yield a later "perhaps nxlmi is missing from the map file". Is it my setting?
>>> 
>>> On another vein, I am never sure on the loading order. Would the following be OK?:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> Hi Nestor,
>> 
>> That means TeX cannot find a file by the name of t1pmnj.fd (spelled out, t1(T1 encoding), p(Adobe), mn ( MinionPro), j (with old-style figures), .fd (font definition)) which should have been created by otfinst as part of its conversion of MinionPro in otf format to a collection of PostScript fonts with associated support files. If you have not performed this step, it may be easier to use the second method, involving XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, but I think those won't work with the cmap package. 
>> 
>> If you do decide to try to use otfinst, it is much easier to use the TeXFontUtility menu item---it creates a custom versions of otfinst that doesn't mess up up your font setup. Don't be alarmed if it takes an hour or more to run all the steps.
> 
> I do have files like "T1MinionPro-OsF.fd" in "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/MinionPro" (installed by TexFontUtility), or "t1ntxr.fd", "t1ntxss.fd" and "t1ntxtt.fd" in "~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/ntx" (installed by unzipping ntxTDS), but I could not find "t1pmnj.fd" files.
> 
> Certainly "nxlmi" is missing from the map file (either ntx.map or /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/libertine-legacy/libertine.map, any other places?).
> 
>> I don't see any problems with your loading order, as long as you do have the the proper minion support files.
> 

You may find it easier to install support from minion.zip at

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3825336/TeX/index.html

It's assumed that you have a recent version of the four basic MinionPro otf fonts, perhaps from Adobe Reader. You need to convert each of them to pfb format using

cfftot1 MinionPro-Regular.otf MinionPro-Regular.pfb

etc, unless the .pfb already exists in your texmf forest. Otherwise, copy the pfb files into fonts/type1/adobe/minion folder.   In a Terminal window, cd to inside the expanded minion.zip (you should see only folders named fonts and tex) and type

sudo cp -Rf * /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local

or the equivalent command you use for font installation, then

sudo mktexlsr

and finally

sudo -H updmap-sys --enable Map=minion.map

after which you should be able to say

\usepackage{minion}

without invoking MnSymbol.

Michael