Using Bitstream Futura with LaTeX
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                                                            2007-08-24
                                                      Michael Gaehrken
                                                      mgaehrken@gmx.de

This archive contains all required files for using Bitstream Futura with
LaTeX, with the exception of the font itself, which is _not_ included.
The font can be bought from Bitstream, and is included in some versions
of CorelDraw.


--------------------------   Installation   --------------------------

This describtion assumes a TDS-compliant TeX system!

1) Unpack the archive. The archive contains all files in their correct
position in a virtual texmf-tree, therefore you only need to move the
files to their corresponding location in your local texmf-tree. Some of
the directories might have to be created first.

2) Install the PFB-files. At first, you have to rename your fonts
according to the following table. Depending on the source of your fonts,
they may have different names.

Bitstream:      Corel:              TeX:
0138A___.PFB    futural.pfb     ->  bful8a.pfb      (Light)
0139A___.PFB    futurali.pfb    ->  bfuli8a.pfb     (LightItalic)
0140A___.PFB    futuran.pfb     ->  bfuk8a.pfb      (Book)
0141A___.PFB    futurani.pfb    ->  bfuki8a.pfb     (BookItalic)
0142A___.PFB    futuram.pfb     ->  bfum8a.pfb      (Medium)
0143A___.PFB    futurami.pfb    ->  bfumi8a.pfb     (MediumItalic)
0144A___.PFB    futurab.pfb     ->  bfub8a.pfb      (Bold)
0145A___.PFB    futurabi.pfb    ->  bfubi8a.pfb     (BoldItalic)
0146A___.PFB    futurah.pfb     ->  bfuh8a.pfb      (Heavy)
0147A___.PFB    futurahi.pfb    ->  bfuhi8a.pfb     (HeavyItalic)
0148A___.PFB    futuraxk.pfb    ->  bfux8a.pfb      (ExtraBlack)
0149A___.PFB    futurxki.pfb    ->  bfuxi8a.pfb     (ExtraBlackItalic)

The resulting four PFB-files have to be moved to
texmf/fonts/type1/bitstrea/futura (probably you have to create the
directory first) in your local texmf-tree.

3) Update your filename database. If your tex system maintains a
filename database, you might have to update manually now. Please consult
the documentation of your tex system.

4) Enable the map file. Please consult the documentation of your tex
system, how to enable the additional font map "bfu.map", which is
located in texmf/dvips/config/ and texmf/fonts/map/dvips. Under teTeX
2.0 and later, run the following commands:

    texhash
    updmap --enable Map bfu.map

For other distributions, please consult your documentation!


-------------------   Using the fonts with LaTeX   -------------------

The supplied package "bfutura.sty" selects Bitstream Futura as the
default sans-serif font. The package supports the following options:

  scaled=<scale>: Loads the font scaled by <scale>.
  scaled: Without a specified scale, a default scale of 0.94 is assumed.

  default: Uses the sans-serif font as main text font.

  medium: Loads the medium instead of the book width as the normal width

  semibold: Loads the semibold instead of the bold width as the bold
    width for use with \bfdefault

Most of the code used in this package is adapted from packages by Walter
Schmidt.


-----------------------   Shapes and Series   ------------------------

bfu:
l (light):          n (normal), it (slanted)
m (book):           n (normal), it (slanted)
mb (medium):        n (normal), it (slanted)
sb (semibold):      n (normal), it (slanted)
b (bold):           n (normal), it (slanted)
eb (extrablack):    n (normal), it (slanted)

bfum:
l (light):          n (normal), it (slanted)
m (medium):         n (normal), it (slanted)
sb (semibold):      n (normal), it (slanted)
b (bold):           n (normal), it (slanted)
eb (extrablack):    n (normal), it (slanted)

All fonts are available only T1 and TS1 encoded, so you should include
the following commands in you preamble:

    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage{textcomp}

Neither OT1 nor LY1 are supported at the moment.


----------------------------   History   -----------------------------

2007-08-24 fixed error in installation instructions (wrong filenames)
2004-09-29 inital release


----------------------------    Legal    -----------------------------

This bundle "bfutura.tgz" and the included files are
    Copyright (c) 2004 Michael Gaehrken

Distribution of single files prohibited.

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Michael Gaehrken
mgaehrken@gmx.de