[tex-live] incorrect reference to "Nimbus" font in "download35.map"

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Mon May 11 01:45:49 CEST 2009


2009/5/11 Erik Luijten <erik.luijten at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed that in the file "download35.map" (which, in my distribution, is
> located in /var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap) there are two lines that
> incorrectly(?) refer to a Nimbus font:
>
> phvbo8rn NimbusSanL-BoldCondItal-Narrow-BoldOblique "TeXBase1Encoding
> ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <phvbo8an.pfb
>
> and
>
> phvbo8yn NimbusSanL-BoldCondItal-Narrow-BoldOblique "TeXnANSIEncoding
> ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc <phvbo8an.pfb
>
> I would think that these lines instead should refer to
> "Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique"?
>
No, it would not work for most people. Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique is
non-free commercial font. Unless you have bought it, you cannot embed
it in your document. If the line were changed as you suggest, most
people will not be able to use Helvetica at all. Nimbus fonts are free
and good quality replacements for Helvetica and Times.  If you have
bought such fonts, you should not use download35.map but your
customized map file instead.

> I found this in the texlive distribution that comes with openSuSE 11.1 as
> well as in openSuSE 10.2
>
> Erik
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