============================================================ Monotype TimesNR font pack ============================================================ 2005-06-01 Walter Schmidt w-a-schmidt(at)gmx.net This collection comprises tfm, vf, fd and font mapping files to use the Monotype TimesNR family of Type1 fonts with TeX on the Un*x or PC platform. It does, however, _not_ include the actual Type1 fonts, which are to be purchased from Agfa-Monotype. In order to support separate design sizes and real small capitals, the following Type1 fonts are required: TimesNRMT TimesNRExpertMT TimesNRMT-Italic TimesNRMT-Bold TimesNRMT-BoldItalic TimesNRSevenMT TimesNRSevenMT-Italic TimesNRSevenMT-Bold TimesNRSevenMT-BoldItalic TimesSmallTextMT TimesSmallTextMT-Italic TimesSmallTextMT-Bold The below installation instructions assume a TDS-compliant TeX system, such as teTeX, fpTeX, MikTeX or VTeX/Free. The directory name "texmf" refers to the root directory of the TDS directory tree. In case your TeX systems has more than one such directory tree, the documentation should tell you where to install new files. History ------- 2005-06-01 virtual fonts remade using latest fontinst, with minor corrections to the kerning data; 2004-09-17 virtual fonts remade using latest fontinst; improved fd files; TFMs for OT1 encoded fonts are assigned "traditional" (non-KB) names; Type1 font files are to be renamed to follow KB scheme 2004-01-11 preliminary release Updating from the preliminary 2004-01-11 release ------------------------------------------------ As compared with the preliminary release, a number of file names as well as the font mapping tables have been changed. Please, remove that release _entirely_ before installing the current one, and remove the obsolete font mapping data from the configuration. Installing the TimesNR Type1 fonts ---------------------------------- You need not repeat this step, when updating from the 2004-09-17 release! The Type1 (.pfb) font files, as supplied by Monotype, are to be renamed for use with TeX: Font name: File name (Monotype): File name (TeX) TimesNRSevenMT-BoldItalic svbi____.pfb mntbi8a7.pfb TimesNRSevenMT-Bold svb_____.pfb mntb8a7.pfb TimesNRSevenMT-Italic svi_____.pfb mntri8a7.pfb TimesNRSevenMT sv______.pfb mntr8a7.pfb TimesNRMT-BoldItalic timbi___.pfb mntbi8a.pfb TimesNRMT-Bold timb____.pfb mntb8a.pfb TimesNRMT-Italic timi____.pfb mntri8a.pfb TimesNRMT tim_____.pfb mntr8a.pfb TimesSmallTextMT-Bold tstb____.pfb mntb8a5.pfb TimesSmallTextMT-Italic tsti____.pfb mntri8a5.pfb TimesSmallTextMT tst_____.pfb mntr8a5.pfb TimesNRExpertMT tiy_____.pfb mntr8x.pfb Copy them to the directory texmf/fonts/type1/monotype/timesnew/ of your TeX system The related .afm files should go into the directory texmf/fonts/afm/monotype/timesnew/ with file names changed correspondingly. Installing the support files ---------------------------- Unpack the ZIP archive mnt.zip in the directory "texmf" of your TeX system; thus, all files will be copied to the appropriate directories. Updating the filename database ------------------------------ Certain TeX systems require manually updating of a "filename database" after adding of new files. Please, consult the documentation of your TeX system! Configuring your TeX system --------------------------- You need not repeat this step, when updating from the 2004-09-17 release! The present distribution includes several font map files for the Monotype TimesNR fonts. You need to configure your TeX system so that an appropriate files are actually used. The required steps depend on the particular TeX system. Particular sets of instructions are provided below for the following systems: * teTeX * VTeX/Free With other TeX systems such as MikTeX, consult the related documentation how to install an additional font map file. The name of the map file to be used for TimesNR is "mnt.map". Two copies of this file reside in the directories texmf/dvips/config and texmf/fonts/map/dvips. Configuring teTeX ----------------- Use the shell script "updmap" to add the font map file named "mnt.map" to the configuration. See the documentation of your particular teTeX version how to use the script. With teTeX 2.0 and above, execute the following commands: texhash updmap --enable Map mnt.map Configuring VTeX/Free --------------------- Make VTeX read the additional font map ("aliasing") file mnt.ali. This is usually accomplished by putting a record for this file into each of the configuration files texmf/vtex/config/pdf.fm and texmf/vtex/config/ps.fm "mnt.ali" is to be added to the TYPE1 section of the above-mentioned files: TYPE1 { ... mnt.ali } Using the TimesNR fonts with TeX -------------------------------- See the file timesnew.txt, which should now reside in the directory texmf/doc/fonts/monotype/. Known problems -------------- The kerning tables of the TimesNR fonts exhibit several deficiences, affecting accented characters and letter pairs that are common in languages other than English. These flaws were not corrected in the TeX font metrics fo far. Legal notice ------------ The "Monotype TimesNR font pack" is made up from the files mnt.txt and mnt.zip. Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Walter Schmidt It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2003/12/01 or later. This bundle has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". == finis