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Article #904TeX,InitTeX,TFM files
From: B. S. Oplinger
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1989 12:22
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1989 12:22
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Rather long description of problem.
I have a problem and only have the TeXbook to work from. I have
TeX, initTeX, and virTeX. I have tons of .pk files. I have
bunches of .sty files and .tex files. I have plain.fmt and
lplain.fmt. I have a directory structure that looks like:
d:\fonts
d:\fonts\cmr10
d:\fonts\cmr7
...
d:\tex
d:\tex\inputs
d:\tex\format
d:\tex\dvi
I can print things, I can review things on screen, and I can
sorta TeX things. But I want to be able to really TeX things. So,
this is exactly my problem (on an Atari):
input line (in a macro):
\bigtenrm=cmr10 scaled\magstep2
and the error:
Font \bigtenrm=cmr10 scaled 1440 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file
not found.
<to be read again>
What I would like is: the missing TFM (.tfm?) files I need. If an
Atari type has them please uuc/uud and mail. Others please give
me directions on how to make them. I seem to guess I requires
using initex and plain.tex, but I'm lost as what to do. If I get
enough answers to make a general 'How to startup TeX' posting I will.
Brian
oplinger@ge.crd.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!crdgw1!minerva!oplinger From: oplinger@minerva.crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: TeX,InitTeX,TFM files Summary: Help getting started Keywords: TeX,InitTeX,TFM files Message-ID: <2538@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 26 Sep 89 12:22:45 GMT References: <251D440F.1E2C@marob.masa.com> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: oplinger@crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) Organization: General Electric Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 40