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UPDMAP(1) User Commands UPDMAP(1)

updmap - manage TeX font maps, per-user
updmap-sys - manage TeX font maps, system-wide

updmap [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]
updmap-sys [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]

updmap version svn33988 (2014-05-12 15:39:32 +0900)

Update the default font map files used by pdftex, dvips, and dvipdfm(x), and optionally pxdvi, as determined by all configuration files updmap.cfg (the ones returned by running "kpsewhich --all updmap.cfg", but see below).

Among other things, these map files are used to determine which fonts should be used as bitmaps and which as outlines, and to determine which font files are included in the PDF or PostScript output.

updmap-sys is intended to affect the system-wide configuration, while updmap affects personal configuration files only, overriding the system files. As a consequence, once updmap has been run, even a single time, running updmap-sys no longer has any effect. (updmap-sys issues a warning in this situation.)

By default, the TeX filename database (ls-R) is also updated.

read FILE for the updmap configuration (can be given multiple times, in which case all the files are used)
specify output directory (dvipdfm(x) syntax)
specify output directory (dvips syntax)
specify output directory (pdftex syntax)
specify output directory (pxdvi syntax)
specify output directory (for all files)
cp generic files rather than using symlinks
recreate files even if config hasn't changed
do not recreate map files
do not run texhash
affect system-wide files (equivalent to updmap-sys)
only show the configuration, no output
reduce verbosity

show this message and exit
show version information and exit
show the current setting of OPTION
show possible settings for OPTION
set OPTION to value; option names below
as above, just different syntax
add "MAPTYPE MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg, where MAPTYPE is Map, MixedMap, or KanjiMap
add "Map MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg

--enable MixedMap=MAPFILE add "MixedMap MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg

--enable KanjiMap=MAPFILE add "KanjiMap MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg

disable MAPFILE, of whatever type
list all active and inactive maps
same as --listmaps, but without unavailable map files
disable unavailable map files in updmap.cfg

Explanation of the map types: the (only) difference between Map and MixedMap is that MixedMap entries are not added to psfonts_pk.map. The purpose is to help users with devices that render Type 1 outline fonts worse than mode-tuned Type 1 bitmap fonts. So, MixedMap is used for fonts that are available as both Type 1 and Metafont. KanjiMap entries are added to psfonts_t1.map and kanjix.map.

Explanation of the OPTION names for --showoptions, --showoption, --setoption:

true,false (default true)
Whether dvips uses bitmaps or outlines, when both are available.
true,false (default true)
Whether dvips includes the standard 35 PostScript fonts in its output.
true,false (default true)
Whether pdftex includes the standard 14 PDF fonts in its output.
true,false (default false)
Whether maps for pxdvi (Japanese-patched xdvi) are under updmap's control.
(any string)
(any string)
See below.
URWkb,URW,ADOBEkb,ADOBE (default URWkb)
Adapt the font and file names of the standard 35 PostScript fonts.
URW fonts with "berry" filenames    (e.g. uhvbo8ac.pfb)
URW fonts with "vendor" filenames   (e.g. n019064l.pfb)
Adobe fonts with "berry" filenames (e.g. phvbo8an.pfb)
Adobe fonts with "vendor" filenames (e.g. hvnbo___.pfb)
These options are only read and acted on by updmap; dvips, pdftex, etc., do not know anything about them. They work by changing the default map file which the programs read, so they can be overridden by specifying command-line options or configuration files to the programs, as explained at the beginning of updmap.cfg.
The options kanjiEmbed and kanjiVariant specify special replacements in the map lines. If a map contains the string @kanjiEmbed@, then this will be replaced by the value of that option; similarly for kanjiVariant. In this way, users of Japanese TeX can select different fonts to be included in the final output.

Explanation of trees and files normally used:

If --cnffile is specified on the command line (possibly multiple times), its value(s) are used. Otherwise, updmap reads all the updmap.cfg files found by running `kpsewhich -all updmap.cfg', in the order returned by kpsewhich.
In any case, if multiple updmap.cfg files are found, all the maps mentioned in all the updmap.cfg files are merged.
Thus, if updmap.cfg files are present in all trees, and the default layout is used as shipped with TeX Live on Debian, the following files are read, in the given order.
For updmap-sys:
TEXMFSYSCONFIG /etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFSYSVAR    /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFLOCAL     /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDIST      /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDIST      /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
For updmap-user:
TEXMFCONFIG    $HOME/.texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFVAR       $HOME/.texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFHOME      $HOME/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFSYSCONFIG /etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFSYSVAR    /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFLOCAL     /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDIST      /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDIST      /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg

  

  

  
According to the actions, updmap might write to one of the given files or
      create a new updmap.cfg, described further below.




Where changes are saved:



  

  
If config files are given on the command line, then the first one given
      will be used to save any changes from --setoption, --enable
      or --disable. If the config files are taken from kpsewhich output,
      then the algorithm is more complex:

  

  
1) If $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg or
      $TEXMFHOME/web2c/updmap.cfg appears in the list of used files, then
      the one listed first by kpsewhich --all (equivalently, the one
      returned by kpsewhich updmap.cfg), is used.

  

  
2) If neither of the above two are present and changes are made, a new
      config file is created in $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg.

  

  
In general, the idea is that if a given config file is not writable, a
      higher-level one can be used. That way, the distribution's settings can be
      overridden for system-wide using TEXMFLOCAL, and then system settings can
      be overridden again for a particular using using TEXMFHOME.




Resolving multiple definitions of a font:



  

  
If a font is defined in more than one map file, then the definition coming
      from the first-listed updmap.cfg is used. If a font is defined multiple
      times within the same map file, one is chosen arbitrarily. In both cases a
      warning is issued.




Disabling maps:



  

  
updmap.cfg files with higher priority (listed earlier) can disable maps
      mentioned in lower priority (listed later) updmap.cfg files by writing,
      e.g.,

  

  
#! Map mapname.map

  

  
or

  

  
#! MixedMap mapname.map

  

  
in the higher-priority updmap.cfg file.

  

  
As an example, suppose you have a copy of MathTime Pro fonts and want to
      disable the Belleek version of the fonts; that is, disable the map
      belleek.map. You can create the file $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg
      with the content

  

  
#! Map belleek.map Map mt-plus.map Map mt-yy.map

  

  
and call updmap.




updmap writes the map files for dvips (psfonts.map) and pdftex
    (pdftex.map) to the TEXMFVAR/fonts/map/updmap/{dvips,pdftex}/
  directories.


The log file is written to TEXMFVAR/web2c/updmap.log.


When updmap-sys is run, TEXMFSYSCONFIG and TEXMFSYSVAR are used
    instead of TEXMFCONFIG and TEXMFVAR, respectively. This is the only
    difference between updmap-sys and updmap.


Other locations may be used if you give them on the command line,
    or these trees don't exist, or you are not using the original TeX Live.


To see the precise locations of the various files that will be
    read and written, give the -n option (or read the source).








For step-by-step instructions on making new fonts known to TeX,
    read http://tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html. For even more terse
    instructions, read the beginning of the main updmap.cfg.








Configuration and input files:



  

  
Main configuration file. In texmf-dist/web2c by default, but may be
      located elsewhere depending on your distribution. Each texmf tree read
      should have its own updmap.cfg.

  

  
Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with
    dvips(1).

  

  
Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with
    pdftex(1).

  

  
Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with
    ps2pk(1).




Output files:



  

  
For dvips(1). Same as psfonts_t1.map if option
      dvipsPreferOutline active, else as psfonts_pk.map.

  

  
For dvips(1). Without information from MixedMap files. (Setting of
      dvipsPreferOutline ignored.)

  

  
For dvips(1). With information from MixedMap files. (Setting of
      dvipsPreferOutline ignored.)

  

  
For dvips(1). Always downloads the standard 35 fonts. (Setting of
      dvipsDownloadBase35 ignored.)

  

  
For dvips(1). Never downloads the standard 35 fonts. (Setting of
      dvipsDownloadBase35 ignored.)

  

  
For pdftex(1). Same as pdftex_dl14.map if option
      pdftexDownloadBase14 active, else as pdftex_ndl14.map.

  

  
For pdftex(1). Always downloads the standard 14 fonts.

  

  
For pdftex(1). Never downloads the standard 14 fonts.

  

  
Similar to psfonts.map file, but forces all fonts to be downloaded,
      so this map file can be used with xdvi(1) and ps2pk(1).




Configuration files for dvips(1):



  

  
Loads builtin35.map instead of psfonts.map.

  

  
Loads download35.map instead of psfonts.map.

  

  
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.

  

  
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map and has
      additional optimizations for PDF generation.

  

  
Loads psfonts_pk.map instead of psfonts.map.

  

  
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map. (For
      compatibility with old versions.)

  

  
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.










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