On Saturday 11 December 2010 16:42:45 Venable wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Liviu Andronic <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14591540/newfile1.pdf > >> > >> I see. Those are indeed bitmap fonts and not recommended for PDFs (or > >> anything else, actually.) I guess your TeX installation is missing the > >> scalable version of the Computer Modern fonts. > > > > My guess is that you're using default fonts, and LyX in default > > configuration will use bitmap fonts (long story). Try to change > > Document > Settings > Fonts > Roman to Latin Modern or Palatino to get > > vector fonts. But I don't know if this would help you with the > > submission thingy. > > This (bitmap as default) has always been puzzling to me. Even though > it's a small thing to correct, I've seen it be a barrier to adoption > by the less-technically-inclined. It seems like making a scalable font > the default would go a long way to making LyX "just work" out of the > box. > > Of course, there is probably another side to the story.
I'll tell you one thing. Every time I tried Palatino, and I think Latin Modern, they were thin, reedy, hard to read, especially on a computer screen. By far the best looking font I've had that comes with LyX/TeTeX is Century Schoolbook. I have no idea if that's bitmapped or scalable. If I had to switch to Palatino or Latin Modern to get scalable fonts, I'd be one of those resisting making scalable fonts the default. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
