[tex-k] cm-super fails

[Tom Kacvinsky]

Known bug in dvips.  Upgrade to the version of dvips that comes with TeX Live
6.0.  There are still bugs in that version.  Tom Rokicki and I have fixed some of
the font problems and are working on fixing more bugs. :)

Regards,

Tom

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Kaja P. Christiansen wrote:

>
> I installed a test version of cm-super fonts (uploaded recently to CTAN), run
> LaTeX with a small test file:
>
>    \documentclass[12pt]{article}
>    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>    \begin{document}
>    hello
>    \end{document}
>
> and then dvips, as here:
>
>    dvips -o xxx -u cm-super test.dvi
>
> which failed with a mysterious error message:
>
>  This is dvips(k) 5.86e Copyright 2001 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
>  ' TeX output 2001.10.31:1829' -> xxx
>  <texc.pro><cm-super-t1.enc><texps.pro>. <sfrm1200.pfb> Error: 3250744 Subr not found
>
> Does anyone have a hint as to what might be causing the problem?
>