Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ Font problem

[LaTeXitty]

In the process of trying to get MusixTeX working, I am having a problem with fonts. I have followed the instructions given in the MusixWin.pdf (which describe installation under MikTeX 2.1, does it matter that I am using 2.5?)

To test the current state of the installation I downloaded the avemaria.tex clean file from the archive:

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\ifx\mxversion\undefined
  \input musixtex
  \input musixcpt
  \input musixsty
\fi
\tracingstats=2\relax
\hsize=185mm
\vsize=270mm
\hoffset -1.70cm
\voffset -1.54cm
\barsinline=0\relax
\linesinpage=0\relax
\resetfacteurs
\computewidths
%
\input avemarix
\bye

When building the above file, after the usual warming-up messages, the output window reports as follows:
MAKEMF: The nur source file could not be found.
Running hbf2gf...
hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.6.0)
Couldn't find `nu.cfg'
MAKETFM: No creation rule for font nur8.
Running makemf...
MAKEMF: The nubx source file could not be found.
Running hbf2gf...
hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.6.0)
Couldn't find `nub.cfg'
MAKETFM: No creation rule for font nubx8.

And so on, through a long list of fonts.

Can anybody help me resolve this? thank you.

-update-
I have managed to learn so far (http://www.ntg.nl/doc/tobin/mf4begin.pdf), that the above lines are attempts to make a metafont, and make a TeX font metric file. What I don't understand is why these commands are failing, and how to resolve that failure.

Similar problem / another user

- update -
I am wondering if this is a quirk between MikTeX and Metafont (mf)? The .mf files are all present in the MusixTeX package, as are the .tfm files. I followed the instructions given in the documentation, to put them where TeX will find them, but still the error. Can anybody clarify why this happens

[LaTeXitty]

bump - please see two updates. Sorry. Not thinking clearly today.

[LaTeXitty]

For anyone else who may encounter a similar problem, I found this information to be very helpful.

Essentially, starting with a clean install of MikTeX, and installation of the MusixTeX package downloaded directly from the Werner-Icking Music Archive, rather than allowing MikTeX to install its own version of the package. The instructions provided with the WIMA package are also much more comprehensive, including a very straightforward walk-through for manual installation.