Does anyone use dvipdfmx to export Hebrew files?

[Kornel Benko]

Am Tue, 4 Apr 2023 15:12:24 -0400
schrieb Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org>:

> I used to be able to export our Hebrew documents to PDF using dvipdfmx. This doesn't
> work for me anymore, and I'm wondering if it is worth the effort to try to fix it on my
> system, or whether I should just drop these tests (in favor of the XeTeX and LuaTeX
> tests).
> 
> Does the export work for anyone? To check, you first need to uncheck "use system fonts"
> in document settings.
> 
> If it does work, does anyone know whether this converter chain is used in practice
> these days?
> Here is my terminal output with the error:
> 
> $ cd lib/examples/he && lyx Welcome.lyx 
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023) (preloaded format=latex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./Welcome.tex
> LaTeX2e <2022-11-01> patch level 1
> L3 programming layer <2023-03-30>
> Welcome.dvi -> Welcome.pdf
> [1
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600
> DavidCLM-Medium.pfa mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for
> DavidCLM-Medium.pfa. mktexpk: perhaps DavidCLM-Medium.pfa is missing from the map file.
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
> 
> dvipdfmx:warning: Could not locate a virtual/physical font for TFM "david".
> dvipdfmx:warning: This font is mapped to a physical font "DavidCLM-Medium.pfa".
> dvipdfmx:fatal: Sorry, pfa format not supported; please convert the font to pfb, e.g.,
> with t1binary.
> 
> No output PDF file written.
> support/Systemcall.cpp (306): Systemcall: 'dvipdfmx   -o "Welcome.pdf" "Welcome.dvi"'
> finished with exit code 1 Error: Cannot convert file
> ----------------------------------------
> An error occurred while running:
> dvipdfmx   -o "Welcome.pdf" "Welcome.dvi"
> 
> Scott

Same here, TL23.

	Kornel
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