I fixed the original problem, and then another problem that arose after fixing the original problem. Now it works perfectly. Let me explain...
As you can see from the full directory-hierarchical list of the contents of the MTPro2 ZIP file in the original post, the ZIP file contains a directory named texmf
. The original problem was due to the fact that I moved the texmf
directory itself into the directory /usr/local/share/texmf/
, whereas I should have moved the contents of this directory into /usr/local/share/texmf
. Thus, the directory and file set that was supposed to be located in /usr/local/share/texmf/
was actually located in /usr/local/share/texmf/texmf
.
So, I removed all my local settings by issuing the command (with sudo because I may have accidentally created some files as root previously):
sudo rm -rf ~/.texmf-*
I next removed the MTPro2 files from the incorrect location using the command:
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/texmf/texmf
Then I moved the MTPro2 files to the correct location using the command:
sudo cp -r ~/ZIP_FILE_CONTENTS/texmf/* /usr/local/share/texmf/
Next, I issued the correct commands to update my system:
sudo texhash
sudo updmap-sys --disable mt-belleek.map --nomkmap
sudo updmap-sys --disable belleek.map --nomkmap
sudo updmap-sys --disable mt-yy.map --nomkmap
sudo updmap-sys --disable mt-plus.map --nomkmap
sudo updmap-sys --enable Map mtpro2.map
sudo chmod -R a+r+x /usr/local/share/texmf/
So, now that I had (or thought I had) correctly installed MTPro2, I attempted to build a sample document using the MTPro2 fonts. The original error message was gone (yay!), but a different message appeared:
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 4+0/600 --dpi 2400 mt2exf
mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for mt2exf.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
)
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file mt2exf): Font mt2exf at 2400 not found
==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
But the solution to this new problem was fixed easily by the solution described in this post. Namely, I manually appended to the file $(kpsewhich updmap.cfg)
a line containing the text Map mtpro2.map
, and then re-ran sudo updmap-sys
.
Best Answer
Why those particular shapes?
As egreg mentioned in comments that's a commercial font, which is fine if that's what you want, there are no technical issues you just have to buy the font.
But there are plenty of script fonts around, You can easily have visually distinguished script fonts using fonts that are freely available and installed in TeXlive.
For example: