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I'm using MiKTeX 2.9 and have recently installed the Minion Pro fonts for use with pdftex. I followed the instructions available on CTAN to install them.

Everything works as expected, but in place of the Greek letter epsilon I get a box with a cross (see below), and the following warning:

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I found the issue was reported here, but I still can't fix it. xelatex works fine, but I'd like to to stick to pdftex so I can use microtype.

\documentclass{article}

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

\begin{document}

Text here. $\epsilon$

\end{document}

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UPDATE: a set of instructions for the installation of the up-to-date FontPro scripts with MiKTeX can be found here.

Henri Menke
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nnunes
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  • Which version of the MinionPro font do you have? (You can check with otfinfo.) My (working) version is Version 2.103;PS 2.000;hotconv 1.0.67;makeotf.lib2.5.29150, which I got from (IIRC) Adobe Reader 10 under MacOS X. – Christian Clason Dec 14 '12 at 16:41
  • @ChristianClason My version is 2.103;PS 2.000;hotconv 1.0.67;makeotf.lib2.5.29150 (Adobe Reader 10 under Windows 7). – nnunes Dec 16 '12 at 11:20

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You should update your encoding files. The scripts on CTAN are long out of date; the most up-to-date version (forked from the scripts on CTAN) can be found at https://github.com/sebschub/FontPro/.

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This issue has also been raised for the new scripts, but could not be reproduced so far. Maybe some answer will emerge.

(Workaround: use \varepsilon.)

Christian Clason
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  • the use of fontenc makes no difference. (I've updated my MWE in any case.) – nnunes Dec 14 '12 at 13:29
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    Then you should try reinstalling the font using the latest scripts I linked to; that is the version I (successfully) tested. – Christian Clason Dec 14 '12 at 13:32
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    If you have a bash shell (e.g., from a cygwin installation) and the required tools, it should work under Windows. You should not change the PATH variable, but run the makeall script exactly as the instruction say: If you've unzipped everything into the folder (say) FontPro, you should create a subfolder otf under FontPro and then run from the FontPro folder (!) ./scripts/makeall MinionPro. – Christian Clason Dec 14 '12 at 15:57
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    Interesting and good to know that the scripts on CTAN are outdated. I think that should be mentioned there with a link to updated scripts. – Jörg Dec 14 '12 at 16:11
  • @NunoNunes - If the package is already installed, you should not have to do anything (except possibly setting the path to include the corresponding directory). Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with MiKTeX and Windows. I think it would be a good idea to ask a new question on "Using FontPro with MiKTeX" (with a link to the new scripts); that way you have a much better chance of getting the experts to help you (who wouldn't necessarily see these comments). – Christian Clason Dec 16 '12 at 12:04
  • @ChristianClason Understood. Many, many thanks once more for all your help. :- ) – nnunes Dec 16 '12 at 12:05
  • @NunoNunes - You are very welcome. Do ask that followup question; it would be very useful to have somewhere a set of instructions for using the new scripts on Windows. – Christian Clason Dec 18 '12 at 12:28
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    @ChristianClason I contacted Sebastian Schubert about installing FontPro with MiKTeX, but he explained he hadn't tried it yet. I'll post a new question here on the SE later on today! – nnunes Dec 18 '12 at 16:15