[OS X TeX] Disabling URW fonts

[Dennis Kletzing]

Herb:

I did what you suggested but it still doesn’t work. I still get the same error message.

When you said 

> To go back remove the updmap.cfg file in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c and run
> 
> sudo -H mktexlsr
> 
> so that the TeX Distribution `forgets' it existed. Then run


did you mean to not replace the updmap.cfg file, just leave the web2c folder empty?
--
Dennis




On Jan 22, 2014, at 5:14 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 22, 2014, at 3:52 PM, Dennis Kletzing <dkletzing at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Herb and Michael:
>> 
>> I ran your lines
>> 
>>>> updmap --setoption LW35 ADOBE
>> 
>> that didn’t do anything, so I ran
>> 
>>>> sudo -H updmap-sys --setoption LW35 ADOBE
>> 
>> which also didn’t do anything, so I tried Herb’s suggestion about a new updmap.cfg file and running 
>> 
>>> sudo -H mktexlsr
>> 
>> and
>> 
>>> sudo -H updmap-sys
>> 
>> None of these worked. I get this error line:
>> 
>> /usr/texbin/dvips: ! Couldn't find font file com_____.pfb
>> ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.14838-1390426880/epprep1.ps ()
>> 
>> So I went back to the original updmap.cfg file and ran the sudo -H updmap-sys.
>> 
>> I’m afraid I messed things up because I can no longer get back to the original situation of having the urw fonts used in place of the core 35 fonts. I can’t compile anything that uses a times font. Is it possible to get back to the original setup? Is it possible to reinstall TeXLive 2013 or revert to the original files?
>> --
>> Dennis Kletzing
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Do you really have com_____.pfb on your system? I.e., are the ADOBE .pfb files actually installed?
> 
> To go back remove the updmap.cfg file in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c and run
> 
> sudo -H mktexlsr
> 
> so that the TeX Distribution `forgets' it existed. Then run
> 
> sudo -H updmap-sys --setoption LW35 URWkb
> 
> and it should be back to the URW fonts.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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