[reportlab-users] Can't find .pfb for face 'Times-Roman'

[Tim Roberts]

On Mon, 30 May 2005 00:55:55 +0200, Max M <maxm at mxm.dk> wrote:

>>I have googled aroound and it seems that I am missing the 
>>'Times-Roman' file '_er_____.pfb'.
>>
>>I have downloaded the latest version of Acrobat (7.01) but the file is 
>>not in it's font path. Neither was it in the old 6.0 path. Or anywhere 
>>else on my c: drive.
>>
>>I cannot find the '_er_____.pfb' file on adobe.com, or anywhere else 
>>on the web for that matter.
>>
>>So I wonder if there is a workaround... to use another default font, 
>>to set the font directly or where to download it from?
>>    
>>

This was included with the Acrobat reader up through version 5.  After 
that, they switched to some other, less friendly, method to store the fonts.

>It's an odd situation that I cannot use the package because I cannot 
>find a font file that it depends on. Am I really the only one with the 
>problem?
>

Many of us have been using PDF files for a long time, and probably had 
Acrobat 4, 5, 6 and 7 installed.  I suspect this problem will become 
more common as PDF newcomers come on board, but Andy has a ready answer 
for them.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.