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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:14:20PM -0500, Leo wrote:
> I am trying to generate a PDF file out of a TeXmacs document
> by the following chain:
>
> TeXmacs -> PostScript -> PDF
>
> I use ghostscript (ps2pdf) for the last conversion.
>
> The resulting PDF file looks really ugly on a screen!!
>
> Well, Adobe acrobat reader does a lousy job of rendering bitmap fonts
> and TeXmacs uses bitmap fonts exclusively. Even native PostScript
> fonts like Times and Helvetica are first converted into bitmaps and
> are later included as bitmap fonts (!) in the .ps output.

That is well known problem. Related discussion can be found on the
[1]Wiki and on the [2]mailing list archives. There is also an
(unusued) [3]task on Savannah for this feature.

[1] http://alqua.com/tmresources/wish%20-%20pdf%20generation
[2]
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=PDF&submit=Search%21&idxname=texmacs-dev&max=100&result=normal&sort=date%3Aearly
[3]
http://savannah.gnu.org/pm/task.php?group_project_id=381&group_id=156&func=browse

By the way, I copied the wishlist item to [4]Savannah.

[4] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=2361&group_id=156


> [Q] Is is possible to preserve PostScript fonts as PostScript fonts in
> the .ps output??

Currently no. Working code contributions greatly appreciated!

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• TeXmacs, PDF and bitmap fonts, Leo, 01/21/2003
  • Re: TeXmacs, PDF and bitmap fonts, david, 01/22/2003
    • Re: TeXmacs, PDF and bitmap fonts, ¶À´ÂÀA, 01/23/2003

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