Re: [MiKTeX] How access PK fonts

[Christopher H. <cch...@gm...>]

On 7/27/07, Rex Shudde <rs...@co...> wrote:
> Over the past twenty years of using Plain TeX and Metafont,
> I have generated a number of glyphs (some with shading)
> and symbols as PK fonts which I use in my work, and I
> would like to be able to get at them from MiKTeX.
>
> I've recently installed MiKTeX and printed out the manual,
> but nowhere can I find how to access PK fonts.
>
> I need to know, in detail, where to place and/or set pointers
> to and how to name folders containing PK fonts of various magnifications.

If you only have a font or two, you can just put the .pk file in the
same directory as your TeX file; this has worked for me.

Otherwise: I did a quick search of Usenet (comp.text.tex) and found
the following:

A Usenet post to comp.text.tex recommends creating the directory
c:\texmf\fonts\pk\ (or c:\miktex\texmf\fonts\pk\ ) and appropriate
subdirectories. A sample .pk file would be put in the following place:

c:\texmf\fonts\pk\MODE\public\cm\dpiXXX\cmr10.pk

(MODE is something like ljfour or jetiiisi. You may want to try
substituting "plain" for "public". "cm" is the font family; dpiXXX is
the dpi's for a particular resolution.) Running MiKTeX options
afterwards would be a good idea.

Note that I haven't done this before; I'm just passing on advice.

     --- Christopher Heckman