[cl-pdf-devel] Font "helvetica" not found

[Marc Battyani]

Mitch Berkson wrote:
> I have been using cl-pdf on one machine and am trying to compile it on a 
>   new machine in a different directory.  When I do, I get the error 
> "Error: Font 'helvetica' not found"
>
> This is near the end of chart.lisp but I think the problem has to do 
> with the path set in *cl-pdf-base-directory* or *afm-files-directories*. 
> Is there something I need to configure? Thanks for any help.
>   
You need to check what values are in those variables and eventually
change them to point to the correct locations.

You also need to load the fonts by calling (load-fonts) though this
should be done automatically when fonts.lisp is loaded.

Marc