Bug report I daily use TrueType fonts (i.e. MS Trebuchet) with pdf

Your remark gave me an idea to patch my installation : renamin

Access to TrueType fonts broken after update : initexmf --mkmaps issue ? about miktex HOT 4 CLOSED

miktex commented on May 23, 2024

Access to TrueType fonts broken after update : initexmf --mkmaps issue ?

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edocevoli commented on May 23, 2024

Running findtexmf --show-path=.ttf shows that the Window font directory is searched first. I think this is not so good...

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bertrand-micaux commented on May 23, 2024

Indeed. I don't understand why it is different on my two computers. Can it be configured ? How ?

[MikTeX 2.9.6350]

>>> findtexmf --show-path=.ttf
.;
C:\Users\Bertrand\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\fonts\truetype//;
C:\Users\Bertrand\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9\fonts\truetype//;
C:\Google Drive\Config\LocalTeXMF\fonts\truetype//;
C:\Winux\MikTex\fonts\truetype//;
C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\fonts\truetype//;
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\fonts\truetype//;
C:\WINDOWS\Fonts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font

[MikTeX 2.9.6500]

>>> findtexmf --show-path=.ttf
C:\WINDOWS\Fonts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font;
.;
C:\Users\Bertrand\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\fonts/truetype//;
C:\Users\Bertrand\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9\fonts/truetype//;
D:\Google Drive\Config\LocalTeXMF\fonts/truetype//;
C:\Winux\MiKTeX\fonts/truetype//;C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\fonts/truetype//;
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\fonts/truetype//

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bertrand-micaux commented on May 23, 2024

Your remark gave me an idea to patch my installation :

renaming all my .ttf files in my local tree, prefixing them with ltx (trebuc.ttf -> ltxtrebuc.ttf),
modifying trebuc.map accordingly,
refreshing FNDB and making maps again.

This solved my problem.

My conclusions :