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How to make a PK font in MikTeX?
I’m an average user of LaTeX, but not proficiency. I’m trying to learn from book templates I’ve found on the web, but I get this error message: Trying to make PK font ccicons at 1493 DPI… Running miktex-makemf.exe… miktex-makemf: The ccicons source file could not be found.
Is there a fatal MiKTeX makepk : PK error?
FATAL miktex-makepk – PK font URWClassico-Bold-lf-t1–base could not be created. I solved it by following the instructions at https://www.tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html under “4. Font map files: telling TeX about the new font”
How can I use marvosym instead of MiKTeX?
If you try to use marvosym with MikTex, you might run in the following error: Trying to make PK font umvs at 657 DPI… Running miktex-makemf.exe… miktex-makemf: The umvs source file could not be found. Running ttf2pk.exe… miktex-makepk: PK font umvs could not be created. Process exited with error(s)
How to make PK font umvs at 657 DPI?
Trying to make PK font umvs at 657 DPI… Running miktex-makemf.exe… miktex-makemf: The umvs source file could not be found. Running ttf2pk.exe… miktex-makepk: PK font umvs could not be created. Process exited with error(s) But the solution is quite easy: just start a commandline and navigate to your MikTex installation.
Are there any problems with fonts-TeX LaTeX Stack Exchange?
Running ttf2pk.exe… miktex-makemf: PK font ccicons could not be created. LaTeX Font Warning: Some font shapes were not available, defaults substituted. !pdfTeX error: pdflatex.exe (file ccicons): Font ccicons at 1493 not found ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Where to find updmap.cfg file in MikTeX?
2) It also may happen that MiKTeX forgets to mention the font in a file named updmap.cfg, which is located in C:\\Users\\ \\AppData\\Roaming\\MiKTeX\\2.9\\miktex\\config\\. Mentioning the font in updmap.cfg is required for the procedure to work.
Where to find postcript fonts database in MikTeX?
As happens from time to time, MiKTeX’s installation of the fonts doesn’t update the postcript fonts database, in particular psfonts.map & friends. These are to be found in C:\\Users\\ \\AppData\\MiKTeX\\2.9\\dvips\\config and in C:\\Program Data\\MiKTeX\\2.9\\dvips\\config.