Thanks guys, I think you'll have saved me a _lot_ of time here.
Jason On Friday 20 August 2004 21:18, Helge Hafting wrote: > Jason Hoogland wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Using Lyx in Suse 9.1. How do I change the quality (is that the same as > >resolution?) of pdf output? The default seems quite chunky. How does it > >work? I recall from Windows/Acrobat that you can change the output > >resolution. > > I don't know your exact problem, but _the_ most common pdf problem > is that the default computer modern fonts gets embedded as bitmaps, > and adobe acrobat is lousy at displaying that. This makes for real ugly, > chunky text on screen. (Printing fares a lot better.) > > The quick and easy solution: layout->document and select any other font > than default. "pslatex" tend to be okay. > > If you want the default computer modern font in pdf, then install > a postscript version of this font. I don't know where to get it or how > to do it, but it exists. > > If you really need to change pdf resolution, run texconfig. You'll get > menus for changing a lot of things in your tex setup, including the > resolution > options for dvips, dvipdfm and pdftex. A pdf from lyx is usually made > using one of those three. Doing this is probably a good idea anyway, set > the resolution to match your printer. > > Helge Hafting -- ========================================================== Jason Hoogland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doctoral student ph(w) +61 7 3365 4067 Centre for Hypersonics ph(mob) +61 41 33 00 887 The University of Queensland UTC+10 Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia http://www.marsgravity.org ----------------------------------------------------------
