I think this question has popped up before, but I couldn't find it. When I try to typeset any LaTeX document with the default T1 fonts, I get the following error: ! Font \T1/cmr/m/n/10=ecrm1000 at 10pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. LuaTeX finds the file (as kpse.find_file shows) and in fact it should find it, because I have a copy in the local directory. If I switch to another font (ae, mathmazo, etc.) it works fine and I was able to typeset several documents by using the process_input_buffer to convert the 8-bit input to a pseudo utf8 text which can be applied inputenc to (ie, with active characters). Just a dirty trick, of course, but it worked. Another question. Has someone attempted to make LuaTeX/LaTeX compatible with existing T1 and the like fonts? (without using active characters, I mean). After reading the manual for 0.29 I've inferred this part is still under development. I'm reading the lua files from ConTeXt, so I presume I'll have more questions soon. Any further pointers? I'm interested mainly in LaTeX (LuaLaTeX?). Thanks Javier ------------------------- http://www.tex-tipografia.com