============================================================ Linotype Optima Nova font pack as of 2004-01-06 ============================================================ Walter Schmidt w.a.schmidt(at)gmx.net This collection includes tfm, vf, fd and map files to use the Linotype OptimaNovaLT-Regular and OptimaNovaLT-Italic Type1 fonts with LaTeX on the Un*x or PC platform. These are the two fonts of the Optima Nova collection, that are available from Linotype's CD-ROM "Gudrun and Hermann Zapf Collection". The below installation instructions assume a TDS-compliant TeX system, such as teTeX, fpTeX, MikTeX or VTeX/Free. The directory name "texmf" refers to the root directory of the TDS directory tree. In case your TeX systems has more than one such directory tree, the documentation should tell you where to install new files. Installing the Optima Nova Type1 fonts -------------------------------------- The Type1 fonts, as supplied by Linotype, are to be renamed for use with TeX: Linotype: TeX: FontName: lt_55483.pfb -> ln9r8a.pfb OptimaNovaLT-Regular lt_55486.pfb -> ln9ri8a,pfb OptimaNovaLT-Italic Then copy them to the directory texmf/fonts/type1/linotype/optiman/ of your TeX system. rename the .afm files accordingly and put them into texmf/fonts/afm/linotype/optiman/. Installing the support files ---------------------------- Unpack the ZIP archive ln9.zip in the directory "texmf" of your TeX system; thus, all files will be copied to the appropriate directories. Updating the filename database ------------------------------ Certain TeX systems require manually updating of a "filename database" after adding of new files. Please, consult the documentation of your TeX system! Configuring your TeX system --------------------------- The present distribution comprises several font map files for the fonts. You need to configure your TeX system so that these files are actually used. The required steps depend on the particular TeX system. Particular sets of instructions are provided below for the following systems: With other TeX systems such as MikTeX, consult the related documentation how to install an additional font map file. The name of the map file to be used for Optima Nova is "ln9.map". Two copies of this file reside in the directories texmf/dvips/config and texmf/fonts/map/dvips. Configuring teTeX ----------------- Use the shell script "updmap" to add the font map file named "ln9.map" to the configuration. See the documentation of your particular teTeX version how to use the script. With teTeX 2.0 and above, execute the following commands: texhash updmap --enable Map ln9.map Configuring VTeX/Free --------------------- Make VTeX read the additional font map ("aliasing") file ln9.ali. This is usually accomplished by putting a record for this file into each of the configuration files texmf/vtex/config/pdf.fm and texmf/vtex/config/ps.fm "ln9.ali" is to be added to the TYPE1 section of the above-mentioned files: TYPE1 { ... ln9.ali } Using the Optima Nova fonts with LaTeX -------------------------------------- See the file optiman.txt, which should now reside in the directory texmf/doc/fonts/linotype/. Legal notice ------------ The Optima Nova font pack is made up from the files ln9.txt and ln9.zip. Copyright (c) 2004 Walter Schmidt It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2003/12/01 or later. This bundle has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". == finis