[tex-k] Font cache problem

[Karl Berry]

(Sorry for the delayed reply.)

    Shouldn't the generated font files be placed in /var/cache/fonts, and
    not regenerated on every run when they're not in the current directory?

That's the intent, yes.

The only thing I can think of is that perhaps your assignment of
/var/cache/fonts was not effective for some reason.  Running
kpsewhich -var-value=VARTEXFONTS might show something.

Also, when the files are generated, the exact command line should be
shown.  Running that command directly from the shell with something like
  sh -vx mktexwhatever ...
should show a lot of information about what things are getting set to
what.

Also, you are probably better off using type1 fonts than these bitmap
fonts in the first place.  Incorporating the cm-super package into your
installation will give you that, if you don't already have it.

Hope this helps a little.

Karl