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NAME
updmap.cfg - configuration of font mapping/inclusion for dvips and friends.
DESCRIPTION
The file updmap.cfg is the central font configuration file of a teTeX system and is read by updmap(1). It describes if and how fonts should
be included (or not included) into PS-/PDF-files. This works for Outline (Postscript Type1) and Bitmap Fonts (Postscript Type3) mostly com-
ing from MetaFont.
updmap is a utility that creates font configuration files for dvips(1), pdftex(1), xdvi(1), ps2pk(1), gsftopk(1), and dvipdfmx(1). In an
ideal world, updmap would be unnecessary -- each of these programs would read the same configuration file to learn what fonts are available
and how they should be treated. As things stand, however, each of these tools has subtly different requirements and thereby needs its own
font configuration file. updmap creates font configuration files for all of these programs from several sources, namely all updmap.cfg,
allowing you to easily keep all the different configuration files in sync.
dvipsPreferOutline
Configures if dvips (by default) should prefer bitmap fonts or outline fonts if both are available? Independent of this setting, outlines
can be forced by putting "p psfonts_t1.map" into a config file that dvips reads. Bitmaps can be forced by putting "p psfonts_pk.map" into a
config file. We provide such config files which can be enabled via dvips -Poutline (resp. dvips -Ppk).
Valid settings for dvipsPreferOutline are true / false.
LW35
Which fonts of the "Basic 35 Laserwriter Fonts" do you want to use and how are the filenames chosen? Valid settings:
URW: URW fonts with "vendor" filenames (e.g. n019064l.pfb)
URWkb: URW fonts with "berry" filenames (e.g. uhvbo8ac.pfb)
ADOBE: Adobe fonts with "vendor" filenames (e.g. hvnbo___.pfb)
ADOBEkb: Adobe fonts with "berry" filenames (e.g. phvbo8an.pfb)
dvipsDownloadBase35
Configures if dvips (by default) should download the standard 35 LaserWriter fonts into the document (set true) or should these fonts be
used from the ps interpreter / printer (set false).
The user can override the default by specifying dvips -Pdownload35 (resp. dvips -Pbuiltin35) to download the LW35 fonts (resp. use the
built-in fonts).
Valid settings are true / false.
pdftexDownloadBase14
Should pdftex download the base 14 pdf fonts? Since some configurations (ps / pdf tools / printers) use bad default fonts, it is safer to
download the fonts. The pdf files will get bigger, though.
Valid settings are true (download the fonts) or false (don't download the fonts). Adobe recommends to embed all fonts.
pxdviUse
Should special map files for pxdvi be created? pxdvi is an adaption of xdvi with support for reading and displaying files generated by the
ptex family of engines.
Valid settings are true (generate configuration) or false. See http://www.tug.org/texlive/updmap-kanji.html for detailed discussion.
kanjiEmbed
kanjiVariant
The options kanjiEmbed and kanjiVariant specify special replacements in the map lines. If a map contains the string @kanjiEmbed@, then
this will be replaced by the value of that option; similarly for kanjiVariant. In this way, users of Japanese TeX can select different
fonts to be included in the final output.
Map
Points to a map file, which describes a mapping from a font (called in the TeX document) to the pfb file containing the Postscript code.
Usage: Map filename.map
The syntax of map files is the same as dvips(1) uses, see section 6.4, "'psfonts.map': PostScript font catalog" in the manual of dvips(1),
available as info and pdf file.
MixedMap
Similar to Map. It should be used when there is Type1 and a bitmap implementation of the font (the latter mostly coming from MetaFont).
These entries will not be used in the default map of dvips if dvipsPreferOutline is set to false.
Usage: MixedMap filename.map
KanjiMap
Similar to Map. It should be used for kanji fonts.
Usage: KanjiMap filename.map
The sign # precedes a comment.
Not used Map files should be commented out using the string #! at the beginning of the line. These entries can be (de-)activated using
updmap with the options --enable and --disable.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> and extended by Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>, for the Debian
GNU/Linux system by simply copying the comments from updmap.cfg and rewriting some of them. It may be used by other distributions without
contacting the author. Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are our fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page
should be directed to tex-live@tug.org
SEE ALSO
updmap(1), info page of dvips(1)
THANKS TO
Frank Kuester, Thomas Esser.
TeX Live November 2012 UPDMAP.CFG(5)