updmap - Man Page

updmap — manage TeX font maps
updmap-sys — manage TeX font maps, system-wide
updmap-user — manage TeX font maps, per-user

updmap [-user|-sys] [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]
updmap-user [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]
updmap-sys [OPTION] ... [COMMAND]

updmap version r59152 (2021-05-09 23:49:52 +0200)

Update the default font map files used by pdftex and dvipdfm(x) (pdftex.map), dvips (psfonts.map), and optionally pxdvi, as determined by all configuration files updmap.cfg (usually the ones returned by running "kpsewhich --all updmap.cfg", but see below).

Among other things, these map files are used to determine which fonts should be used as bitmaps and which as outlines, and to determine which font files are included, typically subsetted, in the PDF or PostScript output.

updmap-sys (or updmap -sys) is intended to affect the system-wide configuration, while updmap-user (or updmap -user) affects personal configuration files only, overriding the system files.

As a consequence, once updmap-user has been run, even a single time, running updmap-sys no longer has any effect.  updmap-sys issues a warning about this, since it is rarely desirable. See https://tug.org/texlive/scripts-sys-user.html for details.

By default, the TeX filename database (ls-R) is also updated.

The updmap system is regrettably complicated, for both inherent and historical reasons.  A general overview:

- updmap.cfg files are mainly about listing other files, namely the

font-specific .maps, in which each line gives information about a different TeX (.tfm) font.

- updmap reads the updmap.cfg files and then concatenates the

contents of those .map files into the main output files: psfonts.map for dvips and pdftex.map for pdftex and dvipdfmx.

- The updmap.cfg files themselves are created and updated at package

installation time, by the system installer or the package manager or by hand, and not (by default) by updmap.

--cnffile FILE

read FILE for the updmap configuration (can be given multiple times, in which case all the files are used)

--dvipdfmxoutputdir DIR

specify output directory (dvipdfm(x) syntax)

--dvipsoutputdir DIR

specify output directory (dvips syntax)

--pdftexoutputdir DIR

specify output directory (pdftex syntax)

--pxdvioutputdir DIR

specify output directory (pxdvi syntax)

--outputdir DIR

specify output directory (for all files)

--copy

cp generic files rather than using symlinks

--force

recreate files even if config hasn't changed

--nomkmap

do not recreate map files

--nohash

do not run mktexlsr (a.k.a. texhash)

--sys

affect system-wide files (equivalent to updmap-sys)

--user

affect personal files (equivalent to updmap-user)

-n,  --dry-run

only show the configuration, no output

--quiet,  --silent

reduce verbosity

Explanation of trees and files normally used:

If --cnffile is specified on the command line (can be given multiple times), its value(s) is(are) used.  Otherwise, updmap reads all the updmap.cfg files found by running `kpsewhich -all updmap.cfg', in the order returned by kpsewhich (which is the order of trees defined in texmf.cnf).

In either case, if multiple updmap.cfg files are found, all the maps mentioned in all the updmap.cfg files are merged.

Thus, if updmap.cfg files are present in all trees, and the default layout is used as shipped with TeX Live, the following files are read, in the given order.

For updmap-sys:
TEXMFSYSCONFIG $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFSYSVAR    $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFLOCAL     $TEXLIVE/texmf-local/web2c/updmap.cfg
TEXMFDIST      $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
    For updmap-user:
    TEXMFCONFIG    $HOME/.texliveYYYY/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
    TEXMFVAR       $HOME/.texliveYYYY/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
    TEXMFHOME      $HOME/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
    TEXMFSYSCONFIG $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
    TEXMFSYSVAR    $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
    TEXMFLOCAL     $TEXLIVE/texmf-local/web2c/updmap.cfg
    TEXMFDIST      $TEXLIVE/YYYY/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
    (where YYYY is the TeX Live release version).

According to the actions, updmap might write to one of the given files or create a new updmap.cfg, described further below.

Where and which updmap.cfg changes are saved:

When no options are given, the updmap.cfg file(s) are only read, not written.  It's when an option --setoption, --enable or --disable is specified that an updmap.cfg needs to be updated.  In this case:

1) If config files are given on the command line, then the first one given is used to save any such changes.

2) If the config files are taken from kpsewhich output, then the algorithm is more complex:

2a) If $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg or $TEXMFHOME/web2c/updmap.cfg appears in the list of used files, then the one listed first by kpsewhich --all (equivalently, the one returned by kpsewhich updmap.cfg), is used.

2b) If neither of the above two are present and changes are made, a new config file is created in $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg.

In general, the idea is that if the user cannot write to a given config file, a higher-level one can be used.  That way, the distribution's settings can be overridden system-wide using TEXMFLOCAL, and system settings can be overridden again in a particular user's TEXMFHOME or TEXMFCONFIG.

Resolving multiple definitions of a font:

If a font is defined in more than one map file, then the definition coming from the first-listed updmap.cfg is used.  If a font is defined multiple times within the same map file, one is chosen arbitrarily.  In both cases a warning is issued.

Disabling maps:

updmap.cfg files with higher priority (listed earlier) can disable maps mentioned in lower priority (listed later) updmap.cfg files by writing, e.g.,

#! Map mapname.map

or

#! MixedMap mapname.map

in the higher-priority updmap.cfg file.

(The #! must be at the

beginning of the line, with at least one space or tab afterward, and whitespace between each word on the list.)

As an example, suppose you have a copy of MathTime Pro fonts and want to disable the Belleek version of the fonts; that is, disable the map belleek.map.  You can create the file $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c/updmap.cfg with the content

#! Map belleek.map Map mt-plus.map Map mt-yy.map

and call updmap.

Listing of maps:

The two options --listmaps and --listavailablemaps list all maps defined in any of the updmap.cfg files (for --listmaps), and only those actually found on the system (for --listavailablemaps). The output format is one line per font map, with the following fields separated by tabs: map, type (Map, MixedMap, KanjiMap), status (enabled, disabled), origin (the updmap.cfg file where it is mentioned, or 'builtin' for the three basic maps).

In the case of --listmaps there can be one additional fields (again separated by tab) containing '(not available)' for those map files that cannot be found.

updmap-user vs. updmap-sys:

When updmap-sys is run, TEXMFSYSCONFIG and TEXMFSYSVAR are used instead of TEXMFCONFIG and TEXMFVAR, respectively.  This is the primary difference between updmap-sys and updmap-user.

Other locations may be used if you give them on the command line, or these trees don't exist, or you are not using the original TeX Live.

To see the precise locations of the various files that will be read and written, give the -n option (or read the source).

The log file is written to TEXMFVAR/web2c/updmap.log.

For step-by-step instructions on making new fonts known to TeX, read https://tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html.  For even more terse instructions, read the beginning of the main updmap.cfg file.

Configuration and input files:

updmap.cfg

Main configuration file.  In texmf-dist/web2c by default, but may be located elsewhere depending on your distribution.  Each texmf tree read should have its own updmap.cfg.

dvips35.map

Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with dvips(1).

pdftex35.map

Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with pdftex(1).

ps2pk35.map

Map file for standard 35 PostScript fonts for use with ps2pk(1).

Output files:

psfonts.map

For dvips(1). Same as psfonts_t1.map if option dvipsPreferOutline active, else as psfonts_pk.map.

psfonts_pk.map

For dvips(1). Without information from MixedMap files. (Setting of dvipsPreferOutline ignored.)

psfonts_t1.map

For dvips(1). With information from MixedMap files. (Setting of dvipsPreferOutline ignored.)

download35.map

For dvips(1). Always downloads the standard 35 fonts. (Setting of dvipsDownloadBase35 ignored.)

builtin35.map

For dvips(1). Never downloads the standard 35 fonts. (Setting of dvipsDownloadBase35 ignored.)

pdftex.map

For pdftex(1). Same as pdftex_dl14.map if option pdftexDownloadBase14 active, else as pdftex_ndl14.map.

pdftex_dl14.map

For pdftex(1). Always downloads the standard 14 fonts.

pdftex_ndl14.map

For pdftex(1). Never downloads the standard 14 fonts.

ps2pk.map

Similar to psfonts.map file, but forces all fonts to be downloaded, so this map file can be used with xdvi(1) and ps2pk(1).

Configuration files for dvips(1):

config.builtin35

Loads builtin35.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.download35

Loads download35.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.outline

Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.pdf

Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map and has additional settings for PDF generation.

config.pk

Loads psfonts_pk.map instead of psfonts.map.

config.www

Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map. (For compatibility with old versions.)

config.gstopk

Loads psfonts_t1.map instead of psfonts.map.

Report bugs to: tex-live@tug.org
TeX Live home page: <https://tug.org/texlive/>

otftotfm(1), updmap.cfg(5).

The man pages updmap-sys(1) and updmap-user(1) are aliases of updmap(1).