Re: [MiKTeX] dvips not rendering some fonts
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From: Daniel R. <da...@ro...> - 2006-09-11 19:36:48
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* Evan Cooch wrote, On 11/09/2006 21:24: > Greetings - using the dvips.exe bundled with latest MikTeX 2.5 build. > Have noticed that there seem to be problems with some font elements > missing in the PS files generated - entirely influenced by the size of > the fonts used. As soon as I use a font size </small (e.g., > /footnotesize) some elements of the file that show up in the DVI file do > *not* make it into the PS file via dvips. > > > Here is a minimal example (at bottom of note) - if you use /normalsize, > or /small for your font size, no problem. But, if you use /footnotesize, > then big problem - since the brackets on one or both of the elements in > the align construct are missing. Whats weird is that they show up in the > dvi file in yap (using either dvips or PK rendering), but do not show up > in the PS file when viewed by GSView 4.8, or in the PDF file generated > using ps2pdf. > > Whats weird (again) is that this used to work perfectly under the dvips > bundled with MikTeX 2.4. > > And, to preemptively answer the inevitable 'then don't use > /footnotesize' suggestion, not possible - I have embedded little > sidebars - *lots* of them - scattered through 3 different books I've > written - and if I change them all to (say) /small, then I'll literally > have to reformat everything (since most pages contain 1 or more embedded > EPS files). > > The other option is to try another mode for generating the PDF file - in > fact, if I use dvi2pdf, then no problem - everything is there, no matter > how small I make the font. > > OK, so just use dvi2pdf, right? Well, last time I tried that, I had > different font problems (which is why I ended up going the DVI -> PS -> > PDF route in the first place). Perhaps these problems have been resolved > in the latest release, but do I really want to go through 900+ pages > checking every single equation to see if it worked, or not? > > Hopefully there is an option I can pass to dvips.exe to get around this > problem. Or, perhaps there is something I need to do on the Ghostscript > side, since ps2pdf is driven through Ghostscript (albeit a specially > compiled version). > > Suggestions? > > ------<minimal examle>----------- > > \documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article} > > % use AMS math package for more control over equations > \usepackage{amsmath} > \usepackage{amsfonts} > > \begin{document} > > \small > > For our example matrix \textbf{A}, the set of eigenvalues > ($\boldsymbol\lambda$) and eigenvectors (\textbf{w}) are > > \begin{align*} > \boldsymbol\lambda&=\left[1.1071599~~-0.8375654~~-0.2695944\right]\\ > \textbf{w}&=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 0.998973524 & -0.998197629 & > 0.98099138\\ > 0.045114240 & 0.059589232 & -0.18193836\\ > 0.004074772 & -0.007114576 & 0.06748595 > \end{array}\right] > \end{align*} > > \end{document} > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > Either I got your problem wrong, or it doesn't happen on my PC (Miktex 2,5, latest update (9/11): dvi, dvi ->ps, dvi ->pdf all look the same. Daniel -- ------------------------- Daniel Royer University of Geneva daniel at royer dot ch |