Hi Daniel,
on Monday, 2005-10-24 at 11:33:47, you wrote:
Take a look at this... PDF is the proprietary modification of ps,
added some tags and some compression (that can easily be repeated with
lots of advantages in any compressor). And, well, read for yourself.
This is obviously a few years
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:57:31 +0200
Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:10:56 +1300
Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not sure if font embedding is possible in a .ps document.
Of course it is. I think people using laser printers would have
complained a lot
Zhang Weiwu wrote:
Hello. I have got a lot (much more) ps files and PDF files since I start to
use Linux. In the past there were mostly doc files but now I always prefer
to have a PS or PDF copy to ease the compatibility pain. And looks linux
people always prefer to send me a PS or PDF document.
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:04:13 +0200
Antoine wrote:
So the conclusion: for typical office workers, we can forget PS format.
Now welcome for suggestions.
I think the key to this whole story is the second to last line above.
for typical office workers says it all. I think you are quite
Hi,
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:10:56 +1300
Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not sure if font embedding is possible in a .ps document.
Of course it is. I think people using laser printers would have
complained a lot otherwise...
-hwh
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Hello. I have got a lot (much more) ps files and PDF files since I start to
use Linux. In the past there were mostly doc files but now I always prefer
to have a PS or PDF copy to ease the compatibility pain. And looks linux
people always prefer to send me a PS or PDF document.
Because I always
On 10/23/05, Zhang Weiwu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello. I have got a lot (much more) ps files and PDF files since I start to
use Linux. In the past there were mostly doc files but now I always prefer
to have a PS or PDF copy to ease the compatibility pain. And looks linux
people always prefer
On Monday 24 October 2005 08:33, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
Um, ps is itself proprietary. Technically, adobe still owns the patent, don't
they?
Take a look at this... PDF is the proprietary modification of ps,
added some tags and some compression (that can easily be repeated with
lots of
On 10/24/05, John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 24 October 2005 08:33, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
Um, ps is itself proprietary. Technically, adobe still owns the patent, don't
they?
Yeah, my mistake. Still, postscript was always more portable than pdf (IMO).
Take a look at this...
In general, I think it is pretty straight forward to go from PDF
to postscript, and PDF seems easier to access for Windows users,
so if you can store a PDF file as your displayable format then
I don't think you need to also store the postscipt.
There are occasions, however, when PDF output isn't
Digby Tarvin wrote:
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Does anyone know if gs or something similar is available for
windows?
You could try googling for gs windows. Check out:
http://www.google.com/search?q=gs+windows
HTH,
Dave.
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I am not 100% sure but I seem to recall someone telling me that pdfs
embed any fonts that are used, whereas ps files expect the fonts in
question to be on the machine that you look at the ps file with. This
could be a strong argument in favor of pdf files if you are sending the
files to
Hi,
Sorry for another tree of answers, but the others seemed a bit fuzzy
to me...
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:08:50 +0800 (CST)
Zhang Weiwu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Because I always save two copies of every of my document, one in original
format (eg. odt) and another in printable format for my
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:58:10 -0500
Chris Gottbrath wrote:
I am not 100% sure but I seem to recall someone telling me that pdfs
embed any fonts that are used, whereas ps files expect the fonts in
question to be on the machine that you look at the ps file with. This
could be a strong
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