It depends upon the font. There are scripts out there and fontinst does almost all the work (you can even set it up to produce the appropriate style file etc) for most cases. Font conversion is not a process that can be fully automated unfortunately. For many fonts and families it is semi-automatic (and CTAN contains many of the files for several Adobe, Monotype etc fonts that one needs - everything that is except the glyphs themselves). Using fontinst requires a little initial effort, but is easier after that.
Now I have braved the fontinst documentation, and must say it looked a tad complicated and it rather put me off, much in the same manner that the Latex Graphics Companion does, there's so much in there about fonts where does one start? I'm not sure I understand what you say about the CTAN files - do you mean that mean I could install Adobe type1 fonts using fontinst with the correct CTAN files and have it pretty much do all the work for me? (sounds very unlikely, I must admit!!) Optimistically assuming this is the case, how does one then sort out the glyphs? What is the problem with these? (my ignorance of the fontinst documentation should be very apparent now!) If this is asking some 64000 dollar question that requires a ten page answer, then I apologise again for the aforementioned ignorance. Maybe you could point me in the direction of a how-to / guide if the answer is horribly complicated? From what you say, it seems it is worth the effort of getting your favourite fonts into latex, and I'd very much like to try. k. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq