Re: pdflatex problem

[Wojciech Zabolotny <wzab@ise.pw.edu.pl>]

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Johann Spies wrote:

> When I run pdflatex on a document that compiles without a problem in
> normal Latex, I get the following error (and it has happened on all the
> latex documents I have tried so far - however not always referring to the
> same font).
> 
> ! Error: pdflatex:
> Font ptmro8r not found in map files

Try to use font packages from /usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss directory:

\usepackage{times} (if you use Times Roman font)
or
\usepackage{mathptm} (if you use Times Roman and math)
or
\usepackage{helvet} (if you use sans serif font)

			Hope this helps
			Wojtek Zabolotny
			wzab@ise.pw.edu.pl