Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: Palatino font
Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
Ok this is becoming more of a mystery.
I think this is no longer a Lyx/Latex issue so I am sorry for
bugging the
list with it but maybe someone has a solution.
I downloaded another free windows pdf viewer and it the font looks
great.
However I also tried it on adobe reader on a Unix system and another XP
box.
You're discovering that Acroread makes a mess of displaying bitmap
fonts.
Have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF
But palatino isn't a bitmapped font as far as I am aware. It uses
proper font descriptions. Also if this was the case then surely it
wouldn't be Adobe Reader specific?
I am confused!
The problem is _not_ that "bitmap fonts are bad". Try printing the pdf,
and you'll see
that there is no problem. The bitmap font certainly contains enough
information
for a good rendering. (Even printing from acrobat works fine.)
The problem is acrobat-specific, because acrobat does a poor job when
displaying
bitmap fonts on a screen. My solution is to not use acrobat, but xpdf
instead.
Of course that won't work if you have an audience who preferers acrobat
anyway.
In that case, make sure you have and use a vectorized version of the
font in question,
as adobe simply will screw up bitmap fonts no matter how good they
actually are.
Helge Hafting
