Hi! Recently I started using Dia v. 0.96.1 (downloaded from http://dia-installer.de) on a MS Windows XP Pro. SP3.
I noticed some problems that I could not find explained in the list archive: when I print a Dia file on a PS printer (HP LaserJet 4100) or export it to a PDF file (Cairo PDF), the textual parts of diagrams don't look the same as in Dia (i.e. the WYSIWYG feature is not retained). The printed text is narrower than the text in Dia. If the text is centered in Dia then the printed text is shifted on the left. It seems that the real text width is not calculated properly. Also some fonts set in Dia are substituted with other fonts when printed. E.g. the serif font in Dia (that actually looks like Times New Roman) is printed as sans (actually Arial). The same happens with the monospace font. On the other hand the Garamond and Verdana fonts are printed fine. Why is that? I've created a test file that demonstrates the problem: Dia_test1.dia - Dia document Dia_test1_exported.pdf - exported to Cairo PDF from Dia Dia_test1_exported.png - exported to PNG from Dia Dia_test1_printed.pdf - printed to PDF (see more below) The files zipped can be downloaded from http://www.hotshare.net/file/131006-763005688a.html (For printing to PDF I used the PDFCreator ver. 0.9.7 with GPL Ghostscript 8.63. In the Advanced Options of the PDFCreator I enabled the "Download as Softfont" option for printing True Type fonts.) Regarding the fonts in Dia I have another question: is it possible to configure the fonts (available on the current system) that Dia substitute for the sans, serif and monospace fonts? I my case the sans is substituted with Arial, which I don't find suitable for technical writings because capital letter I and small letter L look the same in that font. -- rpr. /Robert Premuž/ _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
