On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Tomas Sanchez wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Tomas Sanchez wrote:
> > - start up adobe acrobat reader and load the pdf file
> > Does it display it correctly on the screen?
> Well, it looks the same as in GV and LyX on my linuxbox,
> but that isn't to good.
Does it not look good with GV? How then? Check out that GV has
antialiasing turned on from menu.
How many colors/bits per pixel you are using? Check out in Linux by
command
xdpyinfo |grep depth
If it is only 256 colors (depth 8) or less, maybe you have run out
of colors and Gv can't allocate them for doing antialiasing. Try closing
other applications and using colorless "themes" with your window manager
and see out if GV displays then better quality.
And check out that it really is Gv, not Ghostview, from File/Copyright.
(it should be unless you're using ancient Linux distribution).
If it looks good with Gv but not with Acrobat Reader (but works anyway),
don't worry. Acrobat Reader is so simple program that it doesn't support
antialiasing except for some fonts, so your pdf might look bad with
Reader.
> excactly what I mean, but this is quite close I hope). What
> I managed to do was to change the "font-zoom" from 150 to
> 160 which makes it look really good. Maybe this has
> something to do whit it?
This has _absolutely_ no effect on produced postscript or pdf file, it
effects only how LyX displays the file on screen.
> > Does it print it correctly?
>
> No, what comes out is a very well typesett "text" where
> each character is representeed by a filled square of black.
>
> > - if not, it's acrobat reader problem
>
> It looks like this one, but what do I do about it?
Does the Reader print other pdf files correctly? If yes, it's something
strange. Maybe reinstalling Reader or upgrading would help.
> > download it from www.adobe.com.
You could also check that (if it's windows) the printer drivers are
configured correctly for the printer you are using, and that the printer
is in "normal" mode, whatever it is.
