[Gsview] font display question

[Jeffrey Karlsen]

Dear Mr. Cherepanov,
I've attached the file in a separate message to your e-mail address.
I'm not sure if I'm able to use vector fonts.  When I open the PS file
in Ghostview and select "Convert to vector format," which format am I
supposed to select?  Do I enter anything in "Default font"?  and so on.
I tried a few different options, but nothing worked.  I'm working in
Windows 98 SE.  For the postcript printer I'm using an HP PaintJet XL300
PostScript driver that I found in Windows.  It allows one to select font
substitutions, but none of them work.

The reason for this is that the whole project is a little screwy.  I
created this and many other documents on a Mac using an old lower-ASCII
font that is incompatible with any Windows font and obsolete on Macs as
well.  In order to make them usable in Windows, I re-mapped an existing
font to lower ASCII.  So I thought that making PDF's would be one way to
make them portable (another of course is to embed the font in a Word
document, I know, but the PDF looks rather nice when it's done well).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Cherepanov" <alex@artifex.com>
To: "Jeffrey Karlsen" <jkarlsen@socrates.Berkeley.EDU>;
<gsview@ghostscript.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Gsview] font display question


> Dear Mr. Karlsen,
>
> To avoid jaggy text you need to use vector fonts.
> If you are using TeX (the most common source of raster
> fonts) take a look at "Creating quality Adobe PDF files
> from TeX with DVIPS by Kendall Whitehouse/EMERGE"
> http://www.utdallas.edu/~cantrell/online/543e.html
>
> If you are using Mac or Windows check the settings
> in your printer driver.
>
> You can also send me the PS file.
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeffrey Karlsen <jkarlsen@socrates.Berkeley.EDU>
> To: <gsview@ghostscript.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 April, 2001 14:27
> Subject: Re: [Gsview] font display question
>
>
> > Dear Mr. Cherepanov,
> > Thank you for your reply.  Yes, when scaled up they do look jaggy.
Is
> > there anything I can do when creating the PS file to prevent this
and
> > allow AR to display the finished PDF file better?  I emphasize that
I'm
> > very much a beginner in these matters.
> > -Jeff
> >
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