Problem with font with tetex.

[Marc Fonvieille]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 10:07:58PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> Can anyone help me solve a font problem with latex?
> I'm getting this error building a document (my own, not a FreeBSD one):
> 
> 
>     Font metrics written on cmex7.tfm.
>     Output written on cmex7.514gf (128 characters, 26772 bytes).
>     Transcript written on cmex7.log.
>     mktexpk: /var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/ams/cmextra/cmex7.514pk:
>     successfully generated.
>     /var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/ams/cmextra/cmex7.514pk
>     dvips: Font cmex7.514pk not found, characters will be left blank.
>     dvips: Can't open font metric file cmex7.tfm
>     dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
>     dvips: ! I can't find cmr10.tfm; please reinstall me with proper paths
> 
> The file cmex7.tfm is available:
> 
>     genius% locate cmex7.tfm
>     /usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/ams/cmextra/cmex7.tfm
> 
> Does anyone know the answer to this off the top of their heads, or can
> point me in the right direction please?
>

First check texconfig: launch texconfig and check everything.

It may be a dvips problem, you may want to check your dvips
installation.  What port has been used for dvips, print/dvips or
print/dvipsk-tetex?

Marc
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