At 1:18 PM +0200 4/5/98, Stefano Frabetti wrote:
>Hi, everybody.
>
>Math comes out quite big and thick; I don't understand if this is normal
>or if I've got some problem with dvips or gs or what else; I'm using
>the default (toshiba mode, PK_GENERATION=1, l2h98p1, etc.)
Get rid of the toshiba mode and PK_GENERATION.
It is much better to use dvips's standard settings for 600dpi
and let Ghostscript give a better image using anti-aliasing.
You need at least v4.02 for this.
Best of all is to have PostScript scalable fonts and use those
either by including in the .ps file produced by dvips,
or (better) having Ghostscript find them directly
The possibilities are discussed in latex2html.config .
>I have no examples to look at, just the latex2html online manual which has
>few equations which aren't indeed as thick as my own.
Also check the .css style-sheet.
At one time mine was using a bold-face font for (non-images) mathematics.
It gives a nice effect, but perhaps a bit over-powering.
>It is written there that they used
> 1.4 and 1.2 respectively, for $MATH_SCALE_FACTOR and $DISP_SCALE_FACTOR.
>
>I tried to play with those two variables but it was (of course ?!?)
>useless.
THat won't affect the blackness, just the final size.
>If someone has recent documents online with math in it so that I can have
>a look and see what can be done, please send me some URLs. I have a test
Try these:
http://www-texdev.mpce.mq.edu.au/BOOK/sampleMath-32nomath/
http://www-texdev.mpce.mq.edu.au/HALL/coltest/node1.html
>online if somebody wishes to see what my problem is:
>
> http://www.sif.it/~stefano/test/math/
Yes, they are caused by low-res bitmaps, with anti-aliasing
against a white background.
Starting with higher-resolution fonts is definitely the way to go.
If the result is then too *light*, then try a slightly greyed background.
Hope this helps.
Ross Moore
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