[Tex/LaTex] how use Adobe Times Roman SmallCaps with LaTeX

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I'm running TeXLive 2011 under Mac OS X and have How do I go about installing and using the actual Adobe Type 1 (.pfb) Times Roman SC (small caps) and Times Roman Bold SC fonts? I have those Type 1 files. (Does mathptmx or some other package already include the needed .tfm's? Where would I find the .map file to add? Anything else to do?)

Update: progress so far.

Following fontinstallationguide.pdf, I did the following:

(1) Renamed the Adobe-distributed tirsc___.* to ptmrc8a.*, and tibsc___.* to ptmbc8a.*, where * is pbf, pfa, pfm, or arm.

(2) Create .fd, .pl, and .vpl files by TeXing the driver file:

% ptm-drv.tex   
\input fontinst.sty
\needsfontinstversion{1.926}
\recordtransforms{ptm-rec.tex}
\latinfamily{ptm}{}
\endrecordtransforms
\bye

(3) Compile the .tmf and .vpl files by using pltoft and vptovf.

(4) Did not yet copy the created files into my local texmf tree (~/Library/texmf).

Problem: There are overlaps already between system versions of some of these files and the newly-generated versions that would go into the local tree. For example, consider t1ptm.fd:

  • The local version includes entries \DeclareFontShape{T1}{ptm}{m}{sc}{<-> ptmrc8t}{} and \DeclareFontShape{T1}{ptm}{b}{sc}{<-> ptmbc8t}{} which already appear in the system version.
  • The local version includes entry \DeclareFontShape{T1}{ptm}{bx}{sc}{<->ssub * ptm/b/sc}{} which does not appear in the system version.

So what will happen when a LaTeX document is processed that calls for the Times-Roman SC font? Will the local .fd override the system .fd? (If so, then the additional, essential, entries such as \DeclareFontShape{T1}{ptm}{m}{n}{<-> ptmr8t}{}in the system version won't be read!)

Or, will the entries in both the local version and system version be processed? Will this create any conflicts? If so, how resolve?

Best Answer

You can consult the Font Installation Guide available at

http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/fontinstallationguide.pdf

or

http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide.pdf

that explains step by step how installing new fonts. The "LaTeX Font Guide"

http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/fntguide.pdf

will tell you how to integrate the fonts with mathptmx.

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