Re: [MiKTeX] Problems with dvips option

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

am Mittwoch, 1. November 2006 um 13:20 schrieb Ken Brown:

>> The problem appears whenever I try to use dvips with the option -P pdf
>> and the document uses a font that has not a Type1 version available. 
>> Then dvips (or mktexpk) tries to make a pk font and crashes with the 
>> message:
>>
>> Trying to make PK font yhcmex10 at 8000 DPI...
>> makepk: Specified BDPI (8000) doesn't match ljfour resolution (600).
>> dvips: The operation failed for some reason.
>>
>>
>> I guess that there is a clash between config.ps (that selects mode 
>> ljfour) and config.pdf (that selects 8000dpi resolution) and a simple 
>> workaround is to comment out the line "D 8000" in config.pdf. But I 
>> don't know if this is the best solution, or the real explanation, or I 
>> am totally wrong.

> I haven't seen any response to this, but I have the same problem 
> occasionally.  Is the suggested workaround the best solution?


No. The main point of -Ppdf is to set the resolution to a high value
(this affects also the placement of rules) so deleting D 8000 in
config pdf doesn't make much sense.  It has more or less the same
effect as not using -Ppdf at all.

In short: Use -Ppdf only if all fonts are available in type1.

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Ulrike Fischer
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Re: [MiKTeX] Problems with dvips option

[<gnwiii@gm...>]

On 11/1/06, Ken Brown <kbrown@...> wrote:

> On 10/6/2006 6:42 AM, Luis Seidel G=F3mez de Quero wrote:
> > Dear MikTeXers,
> >
> > I have some problems with dvips in MikTeX 2.5 (that were not in 2.4).
> > I'm not sure if these have been discussed in the list before (I've
> > searched the archives with no result), but I want to know if I am right=
,
> > before filling a bug report.
> >
> > The problem appears whenever I try to use dvips with the option -P pdf
> > and the document uses a font that has not a Type1 version available.
> > Then dvips (or mktexpk) tries to make a pk font and crashes with the
> > message:
> >
> > Trying to make PK font yhcmex10 at 8000 DPI...
> > makepk: Specified BDPI (8000) doesn't match ljfour resolution (600).
> > dvips: The operation failed for some reason.

Use the yhcmexpfb font.  If you insist on bitmaps, then you need to
run "makepk ..." manually to get a more helpful error message.

> > I guess that there is a clash between config.ps (that selects mode
> > ljfour) and config.pdf (that selects 8000dpi resolution) and a simple
> > workaround is to comment out the line "D 8000" in config.pdf. But I
> > don't know if this is the best solution, or the real explanation, or I
> > am totally wrong.
> > I thank every sugestion or comments.

Using ljfour resolution may work for documents that will not be typeset.

> I haven't seen any response to this, but I have the same problem
> occasionally.  Is the suggested workaround the best solution?

The best workaround is to find a Type1 font you can use (my TeX Live
2005 does have yhcmex.pfb).   Dvips is based on a raster model, so you
have to choose a resolution, and for PDF's that are going to a
typesetter you want something pretty high, like 8000dpi, so you
wouldn't use the ljfour mode.  I think the message about the
resolution mismatch is just a warning -- the failure to create the .pk
font indicates a deeper problem with the mf font.

--=20
George N. White III <aa056@...>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

Re: [MiKTeX] Problems with dvips option

[Ken Brown <kbrown@ma...>]

On 10/6/2006 6:42 AM, Luis Seidel G=F3mez de Quero wrote:
> Dear MikTeXers,
>
> I have some problems with dvips in MikTeX 2.5 (that were not in 2.4).=20
> I'm not sure if these have been discussed in the list before (I've=20
> searched the archives with no result), but I want to know if I am right=
,=20
> before filling a bug report.
>
> The problem appears whenever I try to use dvips with the option -P pdf=20
> and the document uses a font that has not a Type1 version available.=20
> Then dvips (or mktexpk) tries to make a pk font and crashes with the=20
> message:
>
> Trying to make PK font yhcmex10 at 8000 DPI...
> makepk: Specified BDPI (8000) doesn't match ljfour resolution (600).
> dvips: The operation failed for some reason.
>
>
> I guess that there is a clash between config.ps (that selects mode=20
> ljfour) and config.pdf (that selects 8000dpi resolution) and a simple=20
> workaround is to comment out the line "D 8000" in config.pdf. But I=20
> don't know if this is the best solution, or the real explanation, or I=20
> am totally wrong.
> I thank every sugestion or comments.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Luis Seidel
>
>  =20
I haven't seen any response to this, but I have the same problem=20
occasionally.  Is the suggested workaround the best solution?

Ken Brown

Re: [MiKTeX] pdfTeX using very low resolution pk font when running

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

am Dienstag, 31. Oktober 2006 um 23:34 schrieb David Allsopp:


>> This integer parameter specifies the default resolution of embedded pk
>> fonts and is read when pdfTEX downloads a pk font during finishing the
>> pdf output. As bitmap fonts are still rendered poorly by some pdf
>> viewers, it is best to use Type 1 fonts when available.
> Indeed - see my post a week or so ago asking about Type1 cmbcsc10 :o)

I overlooked this post. There is no type1 version of cmbcsc10 but the cm-super
fonts have a bold small caps.
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=bold-extras

The following document use sfxc1000.pfb:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\bfseries\scshape Test
\end{document}

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Ulrike Fischer
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Re: [MiKTeX] paragraph formating

[Aleks Kleyn <Aleks_Kleyn@MailAPS.org>]

I discovered that if I put my code into flushleft environment, I will get
acceptable output. But I like also code that Ulrike Fischer offered. The
only thing that I will play with is to find how to adjust line before math.

I agree that in the most cases even I get error message, I should not care,
because even in this case latex can adjust text. But when math goes far from
the paragraph, it does not look nice.

First time when I met error 'underful' I was wondered and made search in
internet and discovered that there is way to control what kind of message
(overfull or underfull) will appear. But at that time it was just curiosity.
I recollected about this when I saw text which I submitted last time. But
strange thing - I cannot find this text again.

Thank you

Aleks Kleyn

http://www.geocities.com/aleks_kleyn
Aleks Kleyn

http://www.geocities.com/aleks_kleyn