UPDMAP(1) User Commands UPDMAP(1)
NAME
updmap - manage TeX font maps
updmap-sys - manage TeX font maps, system-wide
updmap-user - manage TeX font maps, per-user
SYNOPSIS
updmap [-user|-sys] [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]
updmap-user [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]
updmap-sys [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]
DESCRIPTION
updmap version r65932 (2023-02-19 21:49:48 +0100)
Update the default font map files used by pdftex and dvipdfm(x) (pdf-
tex.map), dvips (psfonts.map), and optionally pxdvi, as determined by
all configuration files updmap.cfg (usually the ones returned by running
"kpsewhich --all updmap.cfg", but see below).
Among other things, these map files are used to determine which fonts
should be used as bitmaps and which as outlines, and to determine which
font files are included, typically subsetted, in the PDF or PostScript
output.
updmap-sys (or updmap -sys) is intended to affect the system-wide con-
figuration, while updmap-user (or updmap -user) affects personal config-
uration files only, overriding the system files.
As a consequence, once updmap-user has been run, even a single time,
running updmap-sys no longer has any effect. updmap-sys issues a warn-
ing about this, since it is rarely desirable. See
https://tug.org/texlive/scripts-sys-user.html for details.
By default, the TeX filename database (ls-R) is also updated.
The updmap system is regrettably complicated, for both inherent and his-
torical reasons. A general overview:
- updmap.cfg files are mainly about listing other files, namely the
font-specific .maps, in which each line gives information about a
different TeX (.tfm) font.
- updmap reads the updmap.cfg files and then concatenates the
contents of those .map files into the main output files: ps-
fonts.map for dvips and pdftex.map for pdftex and dvipdfmx.
- The updmap.cfg files themselves are created and updated at package
installation time, by the system installer or the package manager
or by hand, and not (by default) by updmap.
OPTIONS
--cnffile FILE
read FILE for the updmap configuration (can be given multiple
times, in which case all the files are used)
--dvipdfmxoutputdir DIR
specify output directory (dvipdfm(x) syntax)
--dvipsoutputdir DIR
specify output directory (dvips syntax)
--pdftexoutputdir DIR
specify output directory (pdftex syntax)
--pxdvioutputdir DIR
specify output directory (pxdvi syntax)
--outputdir DIR
specify output directory (for all files)
--copy cp generic files rather than using symlinks
--force
recreate files even if config hasn't changed
--nomkmap
do not recreate map files
--nohash
do not run mktexlsr (a.k.a. texhash)
--sys affect system-wide files (equivalent to updmap-sys)
--user affect personal files (equivalent to updmap-user)
-n, --dry-run
only show the configuration, no output
--quiet, --silent
reduce verbosity
Commands:
--help show this message and exit
--version
show version information and exit
--showoption OPTION
show the current setting of OPTION
--showoptions OPTION
show possible settings for OPTION
--setoption OPTION VALUE
set OPTION to value; option names below
--setoption OPTION=VALUE
as above, just different syntax
--enable MAPTYPE MAPFILE
add "MAPTYPE MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg, where MAPTYPE is Map,
MixedMap, or KanjiMap
--enable Map=MAPFILE
add "Map MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg
--enable MixedMap=MAPFILE
add "MixedMap MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg
--enable KanjiMap=MAPFILE
add "KanjiMap MAPFILE" to updmap.cfg
--disable MAPFILE
disable MAPFILE, of whatever type
--listmaps
list all maps (details below)
--listavailablemaps
list available maps (details below)
--syncwithtrees
disable unavailable map files in updmap.cfg
The main output:
The main output of updmap is the files containing the individual
font map lines which the drivers (dvips, pdftex, etc.) read to
handle fonts.
The map files for dvips (psfonts.map) and pdftex and dvipdfmx
(pdftex.map) are written to TEXMFVAR/fonts/map/updmap/{dvips,pdf-
tex}/.
In addition, information about Kanji fonts is written to TEXMF-
VAR/fonts/map/updmap/dvipdfmx/kanjix.map, and optionally to TEXM-
FVAR/fonts/map/updmap/pxdvi/xdvi-ptex.map. These are for Kanji
only and are not like other map files. dvipdfmx reads pdftex.map
for the map entries for non-Kanji fonts.
If no option is given, so the invocation is just "updmap-user" or
"updmap-sys", these output files are always recreated.
Otherwise, if an option such as --enable or --disable is given,
the output files are recreated if the list of enabled map files
(from updmap.cfg) has changed. The --force option overrides
this, always recreating the output files.
Explanation of the map types:
The normal type is Map.
The only difference between Map and MixedMap is that MixedMap en-
tries are not added to psfonts_pk.map. The purpose is to help
users with devices that render Type 1 outline fonts worse than
mode-tuned Type 3 bitmap fonts. So, MixedMap is used for fonts
that are available as both Type 1 and Metafont.
KanjiMap entries are added to psfonts_t1.map and kanjix.map.
Explanation of the OPTION names for --showoptions, --showoption, --se-
toption:
dvipsPreferOutline
true,false (default true)
Whether dvips uses bitmaps or outlines, when both are available.
dvipsDownloadBase35
true,false (default true)
Whether dvips includes the standard 35 PostScript fonts in its
output.
pdftexDownloadBase14
true,false (default true)
Whether pdftex includes the standard 14 PDF fonts in its output.
pxdviUse
true,false (default false)
Whether maps for pxdvi (Japanese-patched xdvi) are under updmap's
control.
jaEmbed
(any string)
jaVariant
(any string)
scEmbed
(any string)
tcEmbed
(any string)
koEmbed
(any string)
See below.
LW35 URWkb,URW,ADOBEkb,ADOBE (default URWkb)
Adapt the font and file names of the standard 35 PostScript
fonts.
URWkb URW fonts with "berry" filenames (e.g. uhvbo8ac.pfb)
URW URW fonts with "vendor" filenames (e.g. n019064l.pfb)
ADOBEkb
Adobe fonts with "berry" filenames (e.g. phvbo8an.pfb)
ADOBE Adobe fonts with "vendor" filenames (e.g. hvnbo___.pfb)
These options are only read and acted on by updmap; dvips, pdf-
tex, etc., do not know anything about them. They work by chang-
ing the default map file which the programs read, so they can be
overridden by specifying command-line options or configuration
files to the programs, as explained at the beginning of up-
dmap.cfg.
The options jaEmbed and jaVariant (formerly kanjiEmbed and kanji-
Variant) specify special replacements in the map lines. If a map
contains the string @jaEmbed@, then this will be replaced by the
value of that option; similarly for jaVariant. In this way,
users of Japanese TeX can select different fonts to be included
in the final output. The counterpart for Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese and Korean fonts are scEmbed, tcEmbed and
koEmbed respectively.
ENVIRONMENT
Explanation of trees and files normally used:
If --cnffile is specified on the command line (can be given mul-
tiple times), its value(s) is(are) used. Otherwise, updmap reads
all the updmap.cfg files found by running `kpsewhich -all up-
dmap.cfg', in the order returned by kpsewhich (which is the order
of trees defined in texmf.cnf).
In either case, if multiple updmap.cfg files are found, all the
maps mentioned in all the updmap.cfg files are merged.
Thus, if updmap.cfg files are present in all trees, and the de-
fault layout is used as shipped with TeX Live on Debian, the fol-
lowing files are read, in the given order.
For updmap-sys:
TEXMFSYSCONFIG /etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFSYSVAR /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFLOCAL /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDEBIAN /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDIST /usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
For updmap-user:
TEXMFCONFIG $HOME/.texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFVAR $HOME/.texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFHOME $HOME/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFSYSCONFIG /etc/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFSYSVAR /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFLOCAL /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDEBIAN /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDIST /usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
According to the actions, updmap might write to one of the given
files or create a new updmap.cfg, described further below.
Where and which updmap.cfg changes are saved:
When no options are given, the updmap.cfg file(s) are only read,
not written. It's when an option --setoption, --enable or --dis-
able is specified that an updmap.cfg needs to be updated. In
this case:
1) If config files are given on the command line, then the first
one given is used to save any such changes.
2) If the config files are taken from kpsewhich output, then the
algorithm is more complex:
2a) If $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg or $TEXMFHOME/web2c/up-
dmap.cfg appears in the list of used files, then the one listed
first by kpsewhich --all (equivalently, the one returned by kpse-
which updmap.cfg), is used.
2b) If neither of the above two are present and changes are made,
a new config file is created in $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg.
In general, the idea is that if the user cannot write to a given
config file, a higher-level one can be used. That way, the dis-
tribution's settings can be overridden system-wide using TEXMFLO-
CAL, and system settings can be overridden again in a particular
user's TEXMFHOME or TEXMFCONFIG.
Resolving multiple definitions of a font:
If a font is defined in more than one map file, then the defini-
tion coming from the first-listed updmap.cfg is used. If a font
is defined multiple times within the same map file, one is chosen
arbitrarily. In both cases a warning is issued.
Disabling maps:
updmap.cfg files with higher priority (listed earlier) can dis-
able maps mentioned in lower priority (listed later) updmap.cfg
files by writing, e.g.,
#! Map mapname.map
or
#! MixedMap mapname.map
in the higher-priority updmap.cfg file.
(The #! must be at the
beginning of the line, with at least one space or tab afterward,
and whitespace between each word on the list.)
As an example, suppose you have a copy of MathTime Pro fonts and
want to disable the Belleek version of the fonts; that is, dis-
able the map belleek.map. You can create the file $TEXMFCON-
FIG/web2c/updmap.cfg with the content
#! Map belleek.map Map mt-plus.map Map mt-yy.map
and call updmap.
Listing of maps:
The two options --listmaps and --listavailablemaps list all maps
defined in any of the updmap.cfg files (for --listmaps), and only
those actually found on the system (for --listavailablemaps).
The output format is one line per font map, with the following
fields separated by tabs: map, type (Map, MixedMap, KanjiMap),
status (enabled, disabled), origin (the updmap.cfg file where it
is mentioned, or 'builtin' for the three basic maps).
In the case of --listmaps there can be one additional fields
(again separated by tab) containing '(not available)' for those
map files that cannot be found.
updmap-user vs. updmap-sys:
When updmap-sys is run, TEXMFSYSCONFIG and TEXMFSYSVAR are used
instead of TEXMFCONFIG and TEXMFVAR, respectively. This is the
primary difference between updmap-sys and updmap-user.
Other locations may be used if you give them on the command line,
or these trees don't exist, or you are not using the original TeX
Live.
To see the precise locations of the various files that will be read and
written, give the -n option (or read the source).
EXAMPLES
The log file is written to TEXMFVAR/web2c/updmap.log.
For step-by-step instructions on making new fonts known to TeX, read
https://tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html. For even more terse instruc-
tions, read the beginning of the main updmap.cfg file.
FILES
Configuration and input files:
updmap.cfg
Main configuration file. In texmf-dist/web2c by default, but may
be located elsewhere depending on your distribution. Each texmf
tree read should have its own updmap.cfg.
dvips35.map
Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with dvips(1).
pdftex35.map
Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with pdftex(1).
ps2pk35.map
Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with ps2pk(1).
Output files:
psfonts.map
For dvips(1). Same as psfonts_t1.map if option dvipsPreferOut-
line active, else as psfonts_pk.map.
psfonts_pk.map
For dvips(1). Without information from MixedMap files. (Setting
of dvipsPreferOutline ignored.)
psfonts_t1.map
For dvips(1). With information from MixedMap files. (Setting of
dvipsPreferOutline ignored.)
download35.map
For dvips(1). Always downloads the standard 35 fonts. (Setting
of dvipsDownloadBase35 ignored.)
builtin35.map
For dvips(1). Never downloads the standard 35 fonts. (Setting
of dvipsDownloadBase35 ignored.)
pdftex.map
For pdftex(1). Same as pdftex_dl14.map if option pdftexDownload-
Base14 active, else as pdftex_ndl14.map.
pdftex_dl14.map
For pdftex(1). Always downloads the standard 14 fonts.
pdftex_ndl14.map
For pdftex(1). Never downloads the standard 14 fonts.
ps2pk.map
Similar to psfonts.map file, but forces all fonts to be down-
loaded, so this map file can be used with xdvi(1) and ps2pk(1).
Configuration files for dvips(1):
config.builtin35
Loads builtin35.map instead of psfonts.map.
config.download35
Loads download35.map instead of psfonts.map.
config.outline
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.
config.pdf
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map and has additional
settings for PDF generation.
config.pk
Loads psfonts_pk.map instead of psfonts.map.
config.www
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map. (For compatibility
with old versions.)
config.gstopk
Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: tex-live@tug.org
TeX Live home page: <https://tug.org/texlive/>
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