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[Javier Arantegui <address@hidden>]

Hello,

I think it would be a good practise to announce the release of new versions 
(or subversions) in this list. Likely all the subscribers want to know this 
info, at least *I* am interested to know. In the same line, I think that the 
page Changes <http://www.texmacs.org/Web/Changes.html> should include the 
release dates to let the users follow the changes. I am sure that there are 
users that don't visit the website frequently.

Yesterday I was triying to export a texmacs file to pdf. I exported to 
postscript and, then, I used ps2pdf. It was easy but the result on screen was 
quite ugly but when I printed it, it was Ok. I believe that this is a know 
problem. Looking in Google for a solution I found this page 'How to create a 
nice-looking PDF file from a TeX file?' 
<http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~yurh/doc/tex2pdf/>. The author says that 
the problem is:

"The standard TeX fonts are Computer Modern Fonts. By default, dvips creates 
PS files that use bitmap Computer Modern Fonts. Such a PS file looks fine in 
print, but looks ugly on screen. The reason is that bitmap fonts are used 
instead of Adobe Type 1 outline fonts (like the Apple/Microsoft TrueType 
fonts). 

When such a PS file is converted to a PDF file, the resluting PDF file will 
have the same problem -- poor display quality on screen, but good quality in 
print. The reason is that, bitmap fonts are converted to Adobe Type 3 fonts 
in converting to PDF, and Acrobat displays Type 3 fonts in very poor quality 
on screen. "

In the page there is a solution to Tex files, maybe it can be use with 
texmacs files. I don't know how :(

Thank you for your time,

Javier