[Fontinst] quick question

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 14 January 2011 walt burkhard wrote:

 > Hello again,
 > 
 > I am trying to install Adobe font 162, a Gill Sans collection of 5
 > fonts.  I am trying to run the program fontinstpgs.tex
 > 
 > 	> \input fontinst.sty
 >         	> \latinfamily{pgs}{}
 > 	> \bye
 > 
 > in a folder with the necessary support for fontinst.sty but
 > possibly not latinfamily.
 > 
 > Unfortunately I obtain the following response...
 > 
 > > % tex -progname=fontinst fontinstpgs.tex
 > > This is TeXk, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2010)
 > >  restricted \write18 enabled.
 > >
 > > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt fontinst.fmt
 > > I can't find the format file `fontinst.fmt'!
 > 
 > What do I need do to obtain this file?   Many thanks in advance.


What happens if you omit "-progname=fontinst"?

Regards,
  Reinhard

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