[Follow-up] Re: PLoS, Arial, R & linux

| However,
| (a) I do not have the 'ttf2afm' program;
| (b) Synaptic cannot find it in the repositories.
| 
| So, I'm off on another hunt!

i)   You should try to get over the 'Synaptic is the only interface to
     package' syndrome. It limits your ability to use your system to the 
     fullest.

ii)  E.g. consider http://packages.debian.org/ which has the handy shortcut
     http://packages.debian.org/file:path for the search for paths ending in 
     the keyword.

iii) This was another question for r-sig-debian, not r-help

iv)  You want the texlive-font-utils package as per ii) and
     http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=ttf2afm&mode=filename&suite=unstable&arch=any

Dirk

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