Tariq Rashid wrote:
> hi - i don't consider myself a computer novice - but I am confused by the
> font issues relating to lyx, latex, pdfs, postscrpt and so on...
>
> perhaps someone could point me to a defintive website or a news posting that
> explains the problems once and for all, and possibly also the "tricks"
> required.
>
> i'm obviously wrong - but i used to think that as long as i stuck wioth the
> default (postscript?) fonts i would be ok. as long as i kept away from
> installing windows webfonts etc...
The default fonts are Computer Modern, not PostScript. For various
complicated reasons, these can cause problems with PDF files. The
short answer is either
1. Use pslatex as your default font.
2. Export with pdflatex (LyX versions 1.2.0 onwards will automatically
convert your graphics files to PDF format, which used to be a problem
with this method).
Check out Extended Features in the Help pages. There are also a number
of good pages on the web on LaTeX and PDF - unfortunately the bookmarks
are on my other computer, but a search on latex AND pdf should produce
results.
To answer the other most frequently asked PDF question in advance ...
To get bookmarks in your PDF document, add the following to the preamble:
\usepackage[pdftex,bookmarks=true]{hyperref}
It should be the last element in the preamble, otherwise other packages
my overwrite it.
Robin
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