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Subject:Re: Fuzzy PDF text From:Scott McClare <smcclare -at- DY4 -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:40:24 -0500
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> Subject: Fuzzy PDF text
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> Someone in the Netherlands sent me a PostScript file to distill to
> PDF. It prints okay, but on-screen, it looks bitmapped.
>
> I suggested that the problem might be that the person who sent me the
> file didn't include the fonts when he generated the PostScript file.
> (He's going from a .tex or .div file to PS.)
>
Hmmm. This might be your problem right here. The fonts used by TeX are
bitmapped. There's a separate font for each point size, printer resolution,
and so on. Maybe the on-screen appearance of the document simply reflects
its origins.
Take care,
Scott
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Scott McClare - Technical Writer
DY 4 Systems Inc., Kanata, Ontario, Canada
(613) 599-9199 x502 smcclare -at- dy4 -dot- com
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