discuss: (Fwd) Green on black in HTML
Subject:
Re: (Fwd) Green on black in HTML
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Date:
17 Jul 2001 20:41:57 -0000
Message-Id: <20010717204156.99038.qmail@web13805.mail.yahoo.com>
> Not sure if this is the reason, but there is a
> drawback when using the
> CM fonts if you want to generate PDF or PS files.
> While Times is usually
> available on every PDF and PS output device, the CM
> fonts need to be
> embedded into the file. Not only does this increase
> the file size, but
> it also looks worse, because quite frequently you
> only get bit mapped
> fonts; using Times gives you a vector font. As long
> as you stick to DVI
> you are better off using CM fonts, though.
Wait... pdftex seems to give good output in PDF form.
(I think it does some font conversion magic or...
something. Regardless, the PDFs look fine.) And note
that the PDFs, even with the *ugly* bitmapped fonts,
print just fine. The problem is displaying them, which
Acrobat sucks at.)
dvips generates good PostScript from a simple TeX run,
anyway. (Of course, running it through ps2pdf yields
ugly ugly bitmapped PDF.)
Are the fonts really that much of a consideration? I
thought they only added (at most) 30k to the PS file.
-adam buchbinder
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