=========================================================== "Adobe Futura" font pack for LaTeX ============================================================ 2004-09-28 WalterSchmidt w.a.schmidt(at)gmx.net This bundle includes all files required to use the "Adobe Futura" Type1 fonts with LaTeX on the Un*x or PC platform. It does _not_ include the actual Type1 fonts, which are to be purchased from either Adobe or Linotype. The following fonts of the Futura family are supported: Futura Light Futura Light Oblique Futura Book Futura Book Oblique Futura Bold Futura Bold Oblique Futura Condensed Bold Futura Condensed Bold Oblique The below installation instructions assume a TDS-compliant TeX system, such as teTeX, MikTeX or VTeX/Free. Yet they may not exactly fit your particular TeX system; please, consult its documentation, too! The directory name "texmf" refers to the root directory of a TDS directory tree. In case your TeX systems has more than one directory tree, its documentation should tell you where to install new files. What's new? ----------- 2004-09-28 completely new virtual fonts, made using fontinst 1.926; bold-condensed fonts are supported; macro package to support optional scaling; obsolete OT1 encoding is no longer supported; Euro symbols Removing obsolete files ----------------------- If you have installed a pre-2004 release of this collection, remove it entirely before installing the present one. In particular, delete the directories texmf/tex/latex/pfu texmf/fonts/tfm/adobe/futura texmf/fonts/vf/adobe/futura and the files texmf/doc/fonts/adobe/futura.txt texmf/dvips/config/pfu.map texmf/vtex/config/pfu.map and remove the font mapping information for the Futura fonts from the configuration of the TeX applications. Installing the Type1 font files from Adobe ------------------------------------------ Skip this section, if you have got the font files from Linotype! The Type1 fonts, as supplied by Adobe, are to be renamed for use with TeX: FontName: Adobe file name: TeX file name: Futura-Bold fub_____.pfb pfub8a.pfb Futura-BoldOblique fubo____.pfb pfubo8a.pfb Futura-Light ful_____.pfb pful8a.pfb Futura-LightOblique fulo____.pfb pfulo8a.pfb Futura-Book fuw_____.pfb pfuk8a.pfb Futura-BookOblique fuwo____.pfb pfuko8a.pfb Futura-CondensedBold fucb____.pfb pfub8ac.pfb Futura-CondensedBoldOblique fucbo___.pfb pfubo8ac.pfb Copy them to the directory texmf/fonts/type1/adobe/futura of your TeX system. Rename the .afm files accordingly and copy them to: texmf/fonts/afm/adobe/futura Most likely, you will have to create these directories first. Installing the Type1 font files from Linotype --------------------------------------------- Skip this section, if you have got the font files from Adobe! The Type1 fonts, as supplied by Linotype, are to be renamed for use with TeX: FontName: Linotype file name: TeX file name: FuturaLT-Light lte50150.pfb lful8a.pfb FuturaLT-LightOblique lte50151.pfb lfulo8a.pfb FuturaLT-Book lte50152.pfb lfuk8a.pfb FuturaLT-BookOblique lte50153.pfb lfuko8a.pfb FuturaLT-Bold lte50154.pfb lfub8a.pfb FuturaLT-BoldOblique lte50155.pfb lfubo8a.pfb FuturaLT-CondensedBold lte50196.pfb lfub8ac.pfb FuturaLT-CondensedBoldOblique lte50197.pfb lfubo8ac.pfb Copy them to the directory texmf/fonts/type1/linotype/futura of your TeX system. Rename the .afm files accordingly and copy them to: texmf/fonts/afm/linotype/futura Most likely, you will have to create these directories first. Installing the TeX support files from the archive pfu.zip --------------------------------------------------------- Unpack the ZIP archive pfu.zip in the directory "texmf" of your TeX system; thus, all files will be copied to the appropriate directories. Updating the filename database ------------------------------ Many TeX systems require manual updating of a "filename database" after adding of new files. Please, consult the documentation of your TeX system! Configuring your TeX system --------------------------- The following steps vary, according to your TeX system. There are different sets of instructions provided for * teTeX (2.0 and later) * VTeX/Free (8.44 and later) 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 Futura is "pfu.map" (if you have got the fonts from Adobe) or "pfu-LT.map", you you have installed the Linotype fonts. Two copies of each file reside in the directories texmf/dvips/config and texmf/fonts/map /dvips. Configuring teTeX ----------------- Additional font map files (here: pfu-map or pfu-LT.map) are installed using the shell script "updmap". With teTeX-2.0 and later (or teTeX-beta as of June 2002 and later) execute the following commands: texhash updmap --enable Map pfu.map if you have got the fonts from Adobe, or texhash updmap --enable Map pfu-LT.map for the fonts from Linotype. With earlier versions of teTeX, consult its documentation how to use the "updmap" script. Configuring VTeX/Free --------------------- Make VTeX read the additional font map ("aliasing") file pfu.ali (for the Adobe fonts) or pfu-LT.ali (Linotype). This is usually accomplished by putting a record for the particular .ali file into each of the configuration files texmf/vtex/config/pdf.fm and texmf/vtex/config/ps.fm The name "pfu.ali" or "pfu-LT.ali" is to be added to the TYPE1 section of the above-mentioned files, e.g.: TYPE1 { ... pfu.ali } Using the Adobe Futura fonts with LaTeX ----------------------------------------- See the file futura.txt, which resides in the directory texmf/doc/fonts/adobe. Legal notice ------------ The bundle "Adobe Futura for LaTeX "is made up from the files pfu.txt and pfu.zip. Copyright (c) 2001--2004 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 <http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt> 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