> > Bitmap fontes created for the resoluton and size that they are view at
> > are better than a scaled outline font.
>
> I suppose you mean the bitmap fonts created by dvips (?) for postscript
> files. In that case, you are not quite right, because they _are_ outline
> fonts, they are just already rasterized. The question is, whether the
> conversion from vector form to rasterized (bitmap) form should be done by
> document publisher (dvips) or the reader (gv/acroread/ps printer). And
> since outline fonts seem to actually work faster than pre-rasterized
> fonts, it looks definitely like the fonts should be rasterized by the
> reader, since only he may know the resolution of the output device.
>
> It actually makes some sense that LyX would make TeX and dvips to produce
> Postscript/PDF files with outline fonts when possible, by default, since
> Postcript/PDF is more common.
Thank you for these clear words. Is this now consensus?
> How many PDF files you have seen on the web lately?
> How many DVI files?
>
> How many Postscript printers have you seen?
> How many DVI printers?
That's it :-)
regards,
Marcus Beyer
http://www.Stormlight.de/lyx_de.html
