gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (10/20/89)
Hi,
I've got a really strange TeX error. while it was LaTeX-processing jqe.tex,
it apparently looked for `amcsc10' rather than `cmcsc10' for the text under
table environment.
Of course, I am using CM fonts exclusively.
Here is the session log which shows TeX error and the tfm fonts directory.
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ardent2 jqe.d 204% more jqe.tex
:
:[blah-blah-blah]
:
In table I, such functions are shown for reference.\\
\begin{table*}
\protect\footnotesize
\caption{\protect\footnotesize ${\rm Al}_x{\rm Ga}_{1-x}$As \sc Characteristics}
\begin{tabular}{lll} \hline\hline
:
: [blah-blah-blah]
:
ardent2 jqe.d 205% latex jqe
:
: [blah-blah-blah]
:
Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 351--359
! Font \\psc\@viiipt=amcsc10 scaled 800 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
<to be read again>
\relax
<argument> ...endcsname amcsc10 \@ptscale 8\relax
\@addfontinfo \@viiipt {\t...
\@ifundefined ...fx \csname #1\endcsname \relax #2
\else #3\fi
\@getfont ... \string #1\string #3\endcsname }}}{}
#3#1
<argument> ...ze ${\rm Al}_x{\rm Ga}_{1-x}$As \sc
Characteristics
\@makecaption ... \setbox \@tempboxa \hbox {#1: #2
} \ifdim \wd \@tempboxa >\...
\@caption ...fnum@#1\endcsname }{\ignorespaces #3}
\par \endgroup
l.362 ...}_x{\rm Ga}_{1-x}$As \sc Characteristics}
? X
Output written on jqe.dvi (2 pages, 15900 bytes).
Transcript written on jqe.log.
ardent2 jqe.d 206% cd /opt/tex/fonts
ardent2 fonts 207% ls
./ cmmi9.tfm cmssi8.tfm icmex10.tfm
../ cmmib10.tfm cmssi9.tfm icmmi8.tfm
cmb10.tfm cmr10.tfm cmssq8.tfm icmsy8.tfm
cmbsy10.tfm cmr12.tfm cmssqi8.tfm icmtt8.tfm
cmbx10.tfm cmr17.tfm cmsy10.tfm ilasy8.tfm
cmbx12.tfm cmr5.tfm cmsy5.tfm ilcmss8.tfm
cmbx5.tfm cmr6.tfm cmsy6.tfm ilcmssb8.tfm
cmbx6.tfm cmr7.tfm cmsy7.tfm ilcmssi8.tfm
cmbx7.tfm cmr8.tfm cmsy8.tfm lasy10.tfm
cmbx8.tfm cmr9.tfm cmsy9.tfm lasy5.tfm
cmbx9.tfm cmsa10.tfm cmtcsc10.tfm lasy6.tfm
cmbxsl10.tfm cmsl10.tfm cmtex10.tfm lasy7.tfm
cmbxti10.tfm cmsl12.tfm cmtex8.tfm lasy8.tfm
cmcsc10.tfm cmsl8.tfm cmtex9.tfm lasy9.tfm
cmdunh10.tfm cmsl9.tfm cmti10.tfm lasyb10.tfm
cmex10.tfm cmsltt10.tfm cmti12.tfm lcircle10.tfm
cmff10.tfm cmss10.tfm cmti7.tfm lcirclew10.tfm
cmfib8.tfm cmss12.tfm cmti8.tfm lcmss8.tfm
cminch.tfm cmss17.tfm cmti9.tfm lcmssb8.tfm
cmitt10.tfm cmss8.tfm cmtt10.tfm lcmssi8.tfm
cmmi10.tfm cmss9.tfm cmtt12.tfm line10.tfm
cmmi12.tfm cmssbx10.tfm cmtt8.tfm linew10.tfm
cmmi5.tfm cmssdc10.tfm cmtt9.tfm manfnt.tfm
cmmi6.tfm cmssi10.tfm cmu10.tfm old_manfnt.tfm
cmmi7.tfm cmssi12.tfm cmvtt10.tfm
cmmi8.tfm cmssi17.tfm dummy.tfm
ardent2 fonts 208%
-----------------------------Session log end
Is this the last bug in TeX?
Please help.
Hugh gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.educhris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) (10/20/89)
In article <113600012@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >[LaTeX] apparently looked for `amcsc10' rather than `cmcsc10' for the >text under table environment. >Of course, I am using CM fonts exclusively. No, you are not: you just *think* you are. First, find `lfonts.tex' (part of the LaTeX format package, it is read by lplain.tex when building lplain.fmt). Then search the file for the word `KLUDGE'. The very first instance is near the top: % This file contains the following kludge: 8pt and 9pt versions % of \sc call magnifications of amcsc10 instead of cmcsc10. % Search for KLUDGE to find for both instances. It is easy enough to change the `amcsc10 \@ptscale8' and `amcsc10 \@ptscale9' lines to `cmcsc10 \@ptscale8' and `cmcsc10 \@ptscale9', although you will then need GF or PK files corresponding to these downscaled cmcsc10 fonts. This is still a kludge, since there really should be a cmcsc8 and cmcsc9---but for that you have to do much more work. (No one has yet explained the *purpose* of the kludge in TeXhax, although the question came up some time ago.) -- `They were supposed to be green.' In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Don Hosek) (10/20/89)
The problem encountered is due to using an old version of lfonts.tex which for 8 and 9 point caps-small caps fonts used scaled versions of amcsc10. The current lfonts.tex uses cmcsc10 at 8pt and cmcsc10 at 9pt. A copy may be obtained from hmcvax.claremont.edu in the directory TeX_Root:[Inputs.LaTeX] via anonymous FTP. -dh -- Don Hosek | Internet: DHOSEK@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU | Bitnet: DHOSEK@HMCVAX.BITNET | Phone: 714-920-0655 (I used to be a Mudder, but I got better)
weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Joe Weening) (10/20/89)
In article <20287@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
It is easy enough to change the `amcsc10 \@ptscale8' and `amcsc10
\@ptscale9' lines to `cmcsc10 \@ptscale8' and `cmcsc10 \@ptscale9',
although you will then need GF or PK files corresponding to these
downscaled cmcsc10 fonts. This is still a kludge, since there
really should be a cmcsc8 and cmcsc9---but for that you have to do
much more work.
I started on this over a year ago, actually, and got mostly finished
but had to stop. The characters look OK but some work needs to be
done on the spacing between various pairs of characters. Font design
is harder than I thought, even when the hard parts had already been
done! If anyone wants to help, let me know, otherwise I'll try to
finish it soon.
(No one has yet explained the *purpose* of the kludge in TeXhax,
although the question came up some time ago.)
As I heard it, the conversion from AM to CM fonts was done on a system
that didn't have cmcsc10 scaled at .8 and .9 (which are quite non-
standard sizes), and that system also didn't have an easy way to
create new fonts at the time. So there's really just an excuse, not a
reason for the kludge, and for now it is best to generate cmcsc10 at
the appropriate sizes with Metafont.
--
Joe Weening Computer Science Dept.
weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU Stanford University