> > [Don Simons:]
> > > And while we're at it, I boggles my mind that some independent freeware
> > > writer could do what mighty Adobe couldn't, viz., make pdf's that nicely
> > > display bitmapped fonts.
> [Dirk Laurie:]
> > Mind-boggling but true. I downloaded dvipdfm-0.11.tar.gz from CTAN,
> > typed ./configure, make and ./install on my Linux box, and tried it
> > on musixdoc.dvi itself. It couldn't find the tfm's. I symbolically
> > linked the tfm files in the cm, musixtex and mflogo directories to
> > the current directory, and it worked. It generates 600dpi pdf's
> > although my TeX is set up for 300 dpi, but the result looks just
> > marvellous using ghostview as pdf viewer. Even at 4x magnification
> > it is still not grainy on the display.
> >
> > Pity about the tfm path bug. Hope the author fixes it.
> >
> [Christian Mondrup]
> Until then redhat linux users may download a rpm package from the dvipdfm home
> page http://odo.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/
>
> I have had no difficulties with that distribution.
>
Well, it installs; it can make its own distribution if I add
the current directory to the TEXINPUTS; but its output won't
display under gv (as the 0.11 one did) only under xpdf; and
it does not stop when it can't find Type 1 fonts, it hopes
it's OK and produces crappy output. I can't say I prefer it
to 0.11.
Dirk
