Bug#780681: tengwar (tengwarscript) doesn't work
On 18.03.2015 09:25, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> Am Di den 17. Mär 2015 um 23:01 schrieb Hilmar Preuße:
Hi,
>>> ~> pdflatex tengtest.tex
>> The error message above is helpful "perhaps Parmaite_alt is missing from the
>> map file.", which is correct.
>
> Well, that is not true. In my
> /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/tengwarscript/tengwarscript.map
> from texlive-fonts-extra version 2014.20141024-1 there is the font in
> the 4. line.
>
Yes, the map file is present, but not included in the map file, which is read my
pdftex during run time. They are located below /var/lib and are
updated/recreated by the steps I told you.
> However, that map seems to get ignored. So, wrongly installed.
>
No, not registered.
>> The reason is: the file Parmaite_alt.ttf is not part of the Debian
>> distribution; it has to be downloaded manually:
>
> So the fonts are not correctly installed as I state in the bug report.
>
Correct.
>> http://at.mansbjorkman.net/parmaite.htm . About the reason not to include it
>> I can only guess, but the copyright notice, is rather a cry for "do not
>> include me!" [1].
>
> Well, for me that license looks free and compatible with debian.
>
I'd leave to decision about this to other people.
> However, there is only two solutions for that.
> 1. Include the full fonts and register the map properly (Not only the
> .tfm and .vf files that are already included)
> 2. Or do not deliver any part of that fonts and state in README.Debian
> that and why that fonts are not available.
>
You're right that installing some piece of software only partially is not a good
idea. We'll discuss the legal part, else we'll completely remove the tengwar
stuff from Debian.
H.
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