----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Roy Schestowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Palatino font
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Schestowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Geoffrey Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Palatino font
Quoting Geoffrey Lloyd:
Hi
I am having issues with the palatino font. It prints beautifully but
when viewed in Acrobat Reader it looks awful, as if it doesn't quite
scale. Things look crunched an the letters are consistently the same
shape. If I zoom in then it gets better but you can't view a document at
500%!!
I have T1 font encoding and am using the textcomp package. Interestingly
disabling either of these makes no difference.
I attach a sample page from the pdf created with pdflatex
Any advice greatly appreciated as I like the printed output but also
need to have an online version of the document that looks professional!
Geoff
It shows up fine in KGostView and also in Acrobat Reader 7 (SuSE). I even
tested
it on another machine (Fedora) and it appears all nice and shiny. I think
you
have a case of missing fonts, which is not surprising when one uses
Palatino,
which is beautiful, but nonetheless it is not as widely-suppored as
Times, for
example. I think you can (should) publish with Palatino and not worry
much.
So the problem appears only if I produce pdf directly. If I produce a .ps
then a pdf it fine. THe fonts even look good in .dvi.
I have had a poke about and while latex->dvi uses one set of .pfb files to
generate its output, pdflatex uses a different set (URW fonts).
Why do both not use the same?
Also one thing that is puzzling me is that in both cases the fonts are
embedded so the output should be readable either way? Admittedly it is
different fonts in each case but....
So the question remains how to get decent palantino output for pdf files
(I am using hyperref so going via a .ps isn't really an option)
Any experts got any ideas? (I feel this may be beyond a google search)
This author provides helpful information at least for some less qualified
followers of the thread, eleven pages.
http://www.ce.cmu.edu/~kijoo/latex2pdf.pdf
1.2 Font Issues for Best PDF Output
.."Since PDF has a limited selection of Type 1 fonts, LATEX fonts that you
are using are very important in high quality PDF generation. If you use CM
(computer modern) font and ps2pdf, you should use dvips -P pdf -G0 to get
PS.
For significantly smaller, better quality PDF you would better use one of
following LATEX packages for Type 1 fonts:
\usepackage{mathptmx} - Times + Helvetica + Courier + Times Math
\usepackage{mathpazo} - Palatino + Helvetica + Courier + Palatino Math
\usepackage{newcent} - New Century Schoolbook + Avant Garde + Courier
\usepackage{bookman} - Bookman + Avant Garde + Courier
mathptmx and mathpazo replace times and palatino packages, respectively.
Since Helvetica and Avant Garde are slightly bigger than the Times and
Palatino, you may also load \usepackage[scaled=0.92]{helvet} after mathptmx
or mathpazo packages. These packages, parts of PSNFSS collection, are
already included in your LATEX system.
Alternatively you can use txfonts for Times text and math or pxfonts for
Palatino text and math. Math symbols in these packages are more
comprehensive than the equivalent PSNFSS collections. If you choose full
installation MiKTEX 2.2, you are ready to use these beautiful fonts. ...***
5 hyperref Package
By using the hyperref package with dvipdfm or pdflatex, you automatically
get PDF files with bookmarks (if you have a table of contents) and
cross-references etc. ... There is a golden rule that the hyperref package
should be loaded as the last package, except when using sidewaysfigures."
