I'm confused as to where to place Type 1 fonts.  Should they go into
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 or /usr/share/fonts/type1?  Why do some TeX
packages have their fonts under /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1?


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On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 16:16 -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> I'm confused as to where to place Type 1 fonts.  Should they go into
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 or /usr/share/fonts/type1?  Why do some TeX
> packages have their fonts under /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1?


Isn't /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 just a bunch of symlinks 
into 
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts
/usr/share/fonts/type1/t1-xfree86-nonfree

And doesn't Tex manage it's own fonts?

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Jaldhar H. Vyas asks,

> I'm confused as to where to place Type 1 fonts.  Should they go into
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 or /usr/share/fonts/type1?  Why do some
> TeX packages have their fonts under /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1?

I do not pretend to have the full answer to the question, but I see no
full answer yet on the list, and this may interest you.  The listed
Debian packages appear to deal in Type 1 fonts yet seem to have nothing
particularly to do with X.  Source: debram, ramification [1718 Fonts],
standing separately from [1823 X Fonts] for precisely the kind of issue
your question raises.  Further info
at [http://debtags.alioth.debian.org].

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1718 FONTS (39)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

CM Connelly       opt   mminstance
Multiple-master font utilities for creating AFM or PFB files

CM Connelly       opt   t1utils
A collection of simple Type 1 font manipulation programs

AR Czechowski     opt   libt1-5
Type 1 font rasterizer library - runtime

AR Czechowski     opt   libt1-dev
Type 1 font rasterizer library - development

AR Czechowski     opt   libt1-doc
Type 1 font rasterizer library - developers documentation

AR Czechowski     opt   t1lib-bin
Type 1 font rasterizer library - user binaries

AR Czechowski     opt   t1lib-dev
Type 1 font rasterizer library - development

AR Czechowski     opt   t1lib1
Type 1 font rasterizer library - runtime

A. Fok            opt   ttf2pt1
A TrueType to PostScript Type 1 Font Converter

A. Lees           opt   defoma
Debian Font Manager -- automatic font configuration framework

A. Lees           opt   defoma-doc
Debian Font Manager documentation

A. Lees           opt   psfontmgr
PostScript font manager -- part of Defoma, Debian Font Manager

J. Mouette        opt   fontconfig
generic font configuration library

J. Mouette        opt   libfontconfig1
generic font configuration library (shared library)

J. Mouette        ext   libfontconfig1-dbg
generic font configuration library (debugging symbols)

J. Mouette        opt   libfontconfig1-dev
generic font configuration library (development headers)

C. Silpa-Anan     opt   fontforge
Font Editor for PS, TrueType and OpenType fonts

C. Silpa-Anan     opt   fontforge-doc
Font Editor for PS, TrueType and OpenType fonts

C. Silpa-Anan     opt   pfaedit
A migration package for FontForge

C. Silpa-Anan     opt   type1inst
Install Adobe Type 1 fonts into X11 and Ghostscript

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"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@debian.org> schrieb:

> I'm confused as to where to place Type 1 fonts.  Should they go into
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 or /usr/share/fonts/type1?  Why do some TeX
> packages have their fonts under /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1?

If the fonts are meant to be used by TeX applications, they must reside
within the TEXMFMAIN tree, that is /usr/share/texmf/. This only makes
sense, however, if the TeX Font Metric files (*.tfm) are also
available. Though not strictly necessary to function AFAIK, the font
filenames in TEXMFMAIN should follow the Berry scheme.

The lmodern package is an example for making fonts available both to TeX
applications and to defoma/X11.

Regards, Frank
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Debian Developer

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Le lundi 25 octobre 2004 Ã_ 16:16 -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas a écrit :
> I'm confused as to where to place Type 1 fonts.  Should they go into
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 or /usr/share/fonts/type1?  Why do some TeX
> packages have their fonts under /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1?

Generally, fonts should be placed under /usr/share/fonts. If not, it's
better if they are registered with defoma. This way they'll be available
to most applications through fontconfig.

TeX does its own stuff with fonts, and it's not enough to drop a font in
the TeX directory to make it available to TeX documents. It would be
possible, but quite complicated, using defoma.
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