#1302 makepk: METAFONT failed on "cmssbx10"

[Martin Fuchs]

While trying to display certain dvi-files in YAP, makepk fails
to create certain fonts. One of them is cmssbx10, but there
are others which I don't have on file now.

Here is the log

Making PK font:
C:\programme\texmf\miktex\bin\makepk.exe --verbose
cmssbx10 480 600 0+480/600 ljfour
Trying to make PK font "cmssbx10" (at 480 DPI)...
Creating "cmssbx10.pk"...
"mf" \mode:=ljfour; \mag:=0+480/600;nonstopmode;input
cmssbx10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (MiKTeX 2.4)

(C:\programme\texmf\fonts\source\public\cm\cmssbx10.mf
(C:\programme\texmf\fonts\source\public\cm\cmbase.mf)
(C:\programme\texmf\fonts\source\public\cm\roman.mf
! Missing `:' has been inserted
! This can't happen (copy).
mode_param->if.unknown.mode_guard_(EXPR5000)
:(EXPR5000):=
(EXPR1);mode_guard_...

ljfour_->mode_param(pixels_per_inch,600)
;mode_param
(blacker,0.25);mode_param...
<scantokens> ljfour_</scantokens>

<to be="" read="" again="">
;
mode_setup->...nput "&mode)else:mode_name[mode]fi;</to>

if.unknown.mag:mag=1;fi.if...
l.12 mode_setup
; font_setup;
Transcript written on cmssbx10.log.
METAFONT failed for some reason
makepk: METAFONT failed on "cmssbx10".

Loading 'cmr10' instead.
'cmr10' not loadable either!

[Christian Schenk]

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