Re: `EndFontMetrics missing' error

[Albert Kinderman]

Barrie Stott wrote:

> I'm trying to use a font which, on my system, is at
> /usr/share/texmf/fonts/afm/public/omega/omsegr.afm. This gives the
> error in the subject line and the end of the file, apart from the
> comments I've inserted regarding line numbers, contains:
>
> StartCharMetrics 150            # this is line 19
> ...
> EndCharMetrics                  # this is line 170
> StartKernData
> StartKernPairs 0
> EndKernPairs
> EndKernData
> EndFontMetrics
>
> I've seen the posts from a couple of years ago about AFM format using
> counted lists but this doesn't seems to be the problem from my reading
> of the information above. I'd be grateful to anyone who might be able
> to suggest a way forward.
>
> Barrie.
>
>  
I'm the one who usually answers this question on the list.  I will get 
the details wrong, but you should get the idea.

If you have passed your file through DOS, you now have a CR-LF at the 
end of the line.  However, you are on a Unix system, which uses a 
different end of line.  Remove the extraneous end of line character from 
the EndFontMetrics line and you will be fine.

Al