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I am faced with this weird problem of missing fonts while I run dvips.

This is in the linux machine which has NTex.  I have done no tampering with
any configuration files and anyother files.  When I*there is no problem.
Since I don't have any X-windows loaded, I want to view the postscript output
thru gs.  This MakeTexpk has been *^&^%ing about missing fonts.  The error msgs
go like this
missing font cmmr10 at 300 dpi.... blah blah...

To my knowledge I have loaded every thing in the Tex package.  I made sure by
re-loading the entire thing.  I am so confused and sick of it I would appreciate
if some one can give me some pointers to what's happening

Let's get the facts here - how does this maketexpk run - which file tells it
to find which fonts where?  I know that the fonts are there and for some reason
it is not able to locate them.

Next what is the font hierarchy - mf, tfm, vf, pk... where does the gf fonts
fit into the picture?

If a particular font is not available (I am talking about regular CM fonts),
a substitution of some other font should be default, if I am not mistaken.

I ran the test document first without loading any PS fonts - the entire document
came blank!  When I used the PS package using \usepackage{times}, the text
came out in times font with all variables such as the math fonts etc. missing.
That way with Times, something was visible.  I am sure there is a*up
somewhere while running the dvips program.  

Is it me or anyone else who have experienced similar problems with Linux's Ntex
package?

Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Jayakrishnan
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Jayakrishnan Raghavan
(919) 512-6981 : home
(919) 515-6612 : office

: I am faced with this weird problem of missing fonts while I run dvips.

: This is in the linux machine which has NTex.  I have done no tampering with
: any configuration files and anyother files.  When I*there is no problem.
: Since I don't have any X-windows loaded, I want to view the postscript output
: thru gs.  This MakeTexpk has been *^&^%ing about missing fonts.  The error msgs
: go like this
: missing font cmmr10 at 300 dpi.... blah blah...

: To my knowledge I have loaded every thing in the Tex package.  I made sure by
: re-loading the entire thing.  I am so confused and sick of it I would appreciate
: if some one can give me some pointers to what's happening

: Let's get the facts here - how does this maketexpk run - which file tells it
: to find which fonts where?  I know that the fonts are there and for some reason
: it is not able to locate them.

: Next what is the font hierarchy - mf, tfm, vf, pk... where does the gf fonts
: fit into the picture?

: If a particular font is not available (I am talking about regular CM fonts),
: a substitution of some other font should be default, if I am not mistaken.

: I ran the test document first without loading any PS fonts - the entire document
: came blank!  When I used the PS package using \usepackage{times}, the text
: came out in times font with all variables such as the math fonts etc. missing.
: That way with Times, something was visible.  I am sure there is a*up
: somewhere while running the dvips program.  

: Is it me or anyone else who have experienced similar problems with Linux's Ntex
: package?

: Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

: Jayakrishnan
: --

: Jayakrishnan Raghavan
: (919) 512-6981 : home
: (919) 515-6612 : office

Quote:>: missing font cmmr10 at 300 dpi.... blah blah...
>: To my knowledge I have loaded every thing in the Tex package.  I made sure by
>: re-loading the entire thing.  I am so confused and sick of it I would appreciate
>: if some one can give me some pointers to what's happening

% dvips -d-1 myfile

to turn on all debugging.
This should tell you where dvips is looking for fonts.

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