Re: AFM files not found
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- Subject: [mg12574] Re: AFM files not found
- From: Pedro Miguel Gameiro Alves <pmalves@esoterica.pt>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 14:24:46 -0400
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Unfortunatly, is Math1 that is announced to be missing. The error reported is the following: Unable to find any AFM file for font. (Family->Math1Mono, Weight->Plain, Slant->Plain). Using internal Courier AFM The fonts path is correctly defined in "AFM fonts path" in preferences. What can I do? Thanks anyway, P.J.... P.J. Hinton wrote: > > 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.