Re: AFM files not found
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- Subject: [mg12571] Re: AFM files not found
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh@wolfram.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 14:24:43 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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On 23 May 1998, Pedro Miguel Gameiro Alves wrote: > When I try to export a plot to a EPS file, for instance, I always get > the same error: AFM font file not found. These fonts are in my system > (.../SystemFiles/Fonts), and I get an incorrect output. How can I > declare this directory to obtain the appropriate result? When you see these error messages in the Messages notebook window, exactly what font family (Courier, Math1, New Century Schoolbook, etc.) is it mentioning? Mathematica supplies font metrics for the following font families: Math1 - Math 5 Courier Helvetica Times Charter Utopia Swiss721BT Symbol If the unfound font is not one of the above, then you will have to acquire and install the appropriate AFM files in the Mathematica AFM directory or in /usr/lib/AFM or /usr/lib/afm. A rather large archive of AFM files can be found at the Wolfram Research Technical Support site. See URL: http://www.wolfram.com/support/Systems/Unix/FE/MissingAFM.html for more information. AFM files are not fonts in the normal sense. They contain only information about the size of different glyphs in the font. The front end needs these files when generating PostScript so that formatted text is spaced properly. If the error message mentions a font that I listed above, you can forward details of your problems to support@wolfram.com for further investigation. A reproducible example of the problem will be useful in this case. -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh@wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/ Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.