Diagnosing this remotely is almost impossible. The log shows that the typescript is read, but your fonts are not used; everything is in Latin Modern.
This is one of the reasons I was trying to use \definebodyfont directly. I was hoping that the problem was in the typescript I wrote. But it seems that no matter what I do modern is always used. I can use my fonts anywhere except the as the body font. You should test if all the files you need are really
found by TeX:
kpsewhich texnansi-familylearn-bickham.map
kpsewhich texnansi-pbir8a.tfm
kpsewhich texnansi-pbir8a.vf
kpsewhich texnansi-raw-pbir8a.tfm
kpsewhich pbir8a.pfb
kpsewhich finds all the files. Thank you for your help so far Thomas. If you have any more ideas, I am willing to try just about anything now. paul