[Tex/LaTex] How to install the Futura font in TeX Live 2010 in Linux(Ubuntu 10.10)

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How to install the Futura font in TeX Live 2010 in Linux(Ubuntu 10.10)?

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Expanding on rvf0068's answer, first get pfu.zip from CTAN and unzip it inside ~/texmf. If you don't have a texmf folder inside ~ then create one.

You then need the font files. You may have these from Adobe or from Linotype, and the instructions are slightly different.

For fonts from Adobe, copy the .pfb files into ~/texmf/fonts/afm/adobe/futura, and rename them:

fub_____.pfb => pfub8a.pfb   
fubo____.pfb => pfubo8a.pfb  
ful_____.pfb => pful8a.pfb   
fulo____.pfb => pfulo8a.pfb  
fuw_____.pfb => pfuk8a.pfb   
fuwo____.pfb => pfuko8a.pfb  
fucb____.pfb => pfub8ac.pfb  
fucbo___.pfb => pfubo8ac.pfb

Copy the .afm files into texmf/fonts/afm/adobe/futura, and rename in the same way.

On the other hand, for fonts from Linotype copy the .pfb files to ~/texmf/fonts/type1/linotype/futura, and rename:

lte50150.pfb => lful8a.pfb    
lte50151.pfb => lfulo8a.pfb   
lte50152.pfb => lfuk8a.pfb    
lte50153.pfb => lfuko8a.pfb   
lte50154.pfb => lfub8a.pfb    
lte50155.pfb => lfubo8a.pfb   
lte50196.pfb => lfub8ac.pfb   
lte50197.pfb => lfubo8ac.pfb

Copy the .afm files to ~/texmf/fonts/afm/linotype/futura and rename similarly.

In both cases, you almost certainly will not have the full folder structure inside ~: create what you don't have.

You then need to run updmap to make TeX aware of the font files. Again, the instruction needed depends on the source of the font files. For the Adobe ones:

updmap --enable Map pfu.map

or for the Linotype ones:

updmap --enable Map pfu-LT.map

(This is done at the Terminal.)

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