Man1 - 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.

–cnffile FILE

read FILE for the updmap configuration (can be given multiple times, in which case all the files are used)

–dvipdfmxoutputdir DIR

specify output directory (dvipdfm(x) syntax)

–dvipsoutputdir DIR

specify output directory (dvips syntax)

–pdftexoutputdir DIR

specify output directory (pdftex syntax)

–pxdvioutputdir DIR

specify output directory (pxdvi syntax)

–outputdir DIR

specify output directory (for all files)

–copy

cp generic files rather than using symlinks

–force

recreate files even if config hasn’t changed

–nomkmap

do not recreate map files

–nohash

do not run texhash

–sys

affect system-wide files (equivalent to updmap-sys)

-n, –dry-run

only show the configuration, no output

–quiet, –silent

reduce verbosity

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, the following files are read, in the given order.

  For updmap-sys:
  TEXMFSYSCONFIG $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFSYSVAR    $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFLOCAL     $TEXLIVE/texmf-local/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFDIST      $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
  For updmap:
  TEXMFCONFIG    $HOME/.texliveYYYY/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFVAR       $HOME/.texliveYYYY/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFHOME      $HOME/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFSYSCONFIG $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFSYSVAR    $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFLOCAL     $TEXLIVE/texmf-local/web2c/updmap.cfg
  TEXMFDIST      $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
  (where YYYY is the TeX Live release version).

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.

1. 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:

updmap.cfg

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.

dvips35.map

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

pdftex35.map

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

ps2pk35.map

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

Output files:

psfonts.map

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

psfonts_pk.map

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

psfonts_t1.map

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

download35.map

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

builtin35.map

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

pdftex.map

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

pdftex_dl14.map

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

pdftex_ndl14.map

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

ps2pk.map

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):

config.builtin35

Loads builtin35.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.download35

Loads download35.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.outline

Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.pdf

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

config.pk

Loads psfonts_pk.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.www

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

config.gstopk

Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.

Report bugs to: tex-k@tug.org
TeX Live home page: http://tug.org/texlive/