Hans, Adam, Taco, et al, If I start mfonts.tex with: %\usetypescript[adobekb][8r,ec] \usetypescriptfile [type-buy] \usetypescriptfile [typeface] \environment ../allkind/mcommon.tex Then the compile crashes with: (./typeface.tex))kpathsea: Running mktextfm uplr8t mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf uplr8t ! I can't find file `uplr8t'. <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: uplr8t.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t' failed to make uplr8t.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*palatino12ptrmtf*:=uplr8t at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file no t found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.43 \stopMPenvironment ? Instead, if I start mfonts.tex with: \usetypescript[adobekb][8r,ec] \usetypescriptfile [type-buy] \usetypescriptfile [typeface] \environment ../allkind/mcommon.tex Then the compile crashes with: [6.5] [7.6] [8.7]kpathsea: Running mktextfm texnansi-lbr mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-lbr This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf texnansi-lbr ! I can't find file `texnansi-lbr'. <*> ...ur; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-lbr Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ur; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-lbr Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: texnansi-lbr.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-lbr' failed to make texnansi-lbr.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*funny11ptrmtf*:=texnansi-lbr at 11.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.644 {\funny \getbuffer[sample]} ? Hitting "s" at this point to scroll through the errors, the compile finishes and I have an mfonts.pdf. Of course, the Lucida stuff is missing. So, I have the Lucida fonts. How should I install them with texfont? David