Re: PDF Fonts

2010-03-28 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2010-03-29, Alan Tyree wrote: > --000e0cd118864eb5900482e8a698 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: >> Typhoon writes: >> > >> > I'm preparing a manuscript for printing. The LyX Wiki recommends Latin >> > Modern as the best choic

Re: PDF Fonts

2010-03-28 Thread Alan Tyree
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > Typhoon writes: > > > > I'm preparing a manuscript for printing. The LyX Wiki recommends Latin > > Modern as the best choice of fonts for a PDF document. > > > > Is this still the font of choice for PDF documents? The MS is plain > > text with

Re: PDF Fonts

2010-03-28 Thread Paul Rubin
Typhoon writes: > > I'm preparing a manuscript for printing. The LyX Wiki recommends Latin > Modern as the best choice of fonts for a PDF document. > > Is this still the font of choice for PDF documents? The MS is plain > text with no diagrams or math symbols. Preparation will be with > pdflatex

PDF Fonts

2010-03-28 Thread Typhoon
Hi LyXers, I'm preparing a manuscript for printing. The LyX Wiki recommends Latin Modern as the best choice of fonts for a PDF document. Is this still the font of choice for PDF documents? The MS is plain text with no diagrams or math symbols. Preparation will be with pdflatex unless there is som

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Good information here Helge... On Tuesday 10 November 2009 08:12:37 Helge Hafting wrote: ask2 wrote: Hi I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the case. So am I just

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-13 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> Suggestion: > >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >> template? > > >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > >> standard" for T1-encoded C

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-13 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: >> Suggestion: >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto >> standard" for T1-encoded CM-lookalikes. > unfortunately this is mu

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Pavel Sanda wrote: Olivier Ripoll wrote: try this one: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html Damned, it's been trashed also (by gmane?) let's split the address in several parts http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel then add the "at" character (@) then the following

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Pavel Sanda
Olivier Ripoll wrote: >> try this one: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html > > Damned, it's been trashed also (by gmane?) > let's split the address in several parts > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel > then add the "at" character (@) then the following: > lis

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> Suggestion: > >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >> template? > > >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > >> standard" for T1-encoded C

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Ian S. Worthington
Too much like hard work. Try http://tinyurl.com/y9dhkj5 i -- Original Message -- Received: 09:32 AM COT, 11/12/2009 From: Olivier Ripoll To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts > Olivier Ripoll wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> On 2009-11-11,

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Olivier Ripoll wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: [...] Unfortunatly, the link http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html shows only: Not Found The document you were looking for was not found. Günter try this one:

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> Suggestion: > >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >> template? > > >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > >> standard" for T1-encoded C

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: [...] Unfortunatly, the link http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html shows only: Not Found The document you were looking for was not found. Günter try this one: http://www.mail-arch

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: >> Suggestion: >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto >> standard" for T1-encoded CM-lookalikes. > unfortunately this is mu

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Ian S. Worthington
Perfect! Thanks Vincent. i -- Original Message -- Received: 02:28 PM COT, 11/11/2009 From: Vincent van Ravesteijn To: "Ian S. Worthington" , lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts > Ian S. Worthington schreef: > > Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Ian S. Worthington schreef: Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date? Yes, this was out of date. I've updated it now,. regards Uwe

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Pavel Sanda
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:33:50PM +, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on the first > > sight. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html > > > Would it make sense for LyX to propose default settings based on > a

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 11 November 2009 17:20:47 Bruce Pourciau wrote: > On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On 11/11/09, Pavel Sanda wrote: > >> Guenter Milde wrote: > >>> Suggestion: > >>> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >>> template? > >> > >> unfort

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On 11/11/09, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: Suggestion: Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on the first sight. http://www.ma

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 11/11/09, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: > > Suggestion: > > Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > template? > > > unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on the first > sight. > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Ian S. Worthington schreef: Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date? I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem quite good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify "latin modern". On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu ite

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Ian S. Worthington
one set me right please? Thanks, ian -- Original Message -- Received: 10:41 AM COT, 11/10/2009 From: Uwe Stöhr To: ask2 Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts > ask2 schrieb: > > > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if &

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > Suggestion: > Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? > > LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > standard" for T1-encoded CM-lookalikes. unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on t

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-10, Manveru wrote: > 2009/11/10 ask2 : >> I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it >> is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that >> never is the case. ... > LyX is not guilty of PDF quality as it is only editor using LaTeX to > pr

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-10, Stefano Franchi wrote: > On 11/10/09, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >>Steve Litt schrieb: If you draw something, make vector graphics rather than bitmaps, if possible. If you need screenshots, use png. Never jpeg, jpeg is only for photos. >>This is wrong! PNG is as well as JPG or

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 11/10/09, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >Stefano Franchi schrieb: >>> Only PDF and SVG are vector graphics. EPS is also a vector graphics >>> format but many EPS images are only wrapped bitmap images. >> >> Isn't the same true for PDF? You can wrap bitmap files in it, I think > >Yes, it is the same but rath

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Stefano Franchi schrieb: Only PDF and SVG are vector graphics. EPS is also a vector graphics format but many EPS images are only wrapped bitmap images. Isn't the same true for PDF? You can wrap bitmap files in it, I think Yes, it is the same but rather seldom used. So check that you have a

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Anders Host-Madsen
I get great PDF output, that can be scaled to any size. The only thing I did was to set the encoding to OT1. If you don't use international characters, that should enable LaTeX to use vector fonts.

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 11/10/09, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >Steve Litt schrieb: >>> If you draw something, make vector graphics rather than bitmaps, if >>> possible. If you need screenshots, use png. Never jpeg, jpeg is only >>> for photos. > >This is wrong! PNG is as well as JPG or GIF a bitmap graphic. the difference > is i

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Steve Litt schrieb: If you draw something, make vector graphics rather than bitmaps, if possible. If you need screenshots, use png. Never jpeg, jpeg is only for photos. This is wrong! PNG is as well as JPG or GIF a bitmap graphic. the difference is inly the compression method. Only PDF and SV

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Florian Rubach
Steve Litt schrieb: I didn't know .png is a vector graphic. It isn't. As Helge said, it's pretty useful if you need some pixel graphics with relatively large areas of similar colors like screenshots. It is relatively small and has lossless compression. For Photos, jpeg is better but has lossy

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, Steve Litt wrote: I didn't know .png is a vector graphic. It's not. It's bit-mapped, or raster. Rich

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Steve Litt
Good information here Helge... On Tuesday 10 November 2009 08:12:37 Helge Hafting wrote: > ask2 wrote: > > Hi > > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is > > if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never > > is the case. > > > > So am I ju

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
ask2 schrieb: I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunately that never is the case. See http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 Main purpose is to read on the computer so both images and text should be suitable f

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Luca Carlon
ask2 writes: > Hi > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if > the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the > case. > > So am I just stupid or is there a way to get really high quality pdf from > LYX? > > Main purpose is to read o

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Helge Hafting
ask2 wrote: Hi I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the case. So am I just stupid or is there a way to get really high quality pdf from LYX? Yes. Make sure the default font is not a b

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Manveru
2009/11/10 ask2 : > > Hi > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if > the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the > case. > > So am I just stupid or is there a way to get really high quality pdf from > LYX? > > Main purpose is to re

lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread ask2
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Re: Ugly pdf fonts

2004-01-19 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:23:04AM +0100, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: ... > You'll find lots of information in the tug faq: > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-binhttp://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?keyword=fonts/texfaq2html?keyword=fonts ... It seems that trimming the above to http://www.tex

Re: Ugly pdf fonts

2004-01-17 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Christian Ridderström wrote: > > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-binhttp://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?keyw > >ord=fonts/texfaq2html?keyword=fonts > > Umm... that link doesn't work? Sorry, try this: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?keyword=fonts Jürgen.

Re: Ugly pdf fonts

2004-01-17 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Daniel Goldin wrote: > > When I convert to pdf using the built in export function from the menu > > of Lyx 1.3 I get hideously jagged fonts. Anybody know why? What can I > > do about it? Also see the FAQ here: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.p

Re: Ugly pdf fonts

2004-01-17 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Daniel Goldin wrote: > When I convert to pdf using the built in export function from the menu > of Lyx 1.3 I get hideously jagged fonts. Anybody know why? What can I > do about it? Do not use bitmap fonts (i.e. computer/european modern, the default LaTeX fonts), but type1 fonts like palatino (i.e

Ugly pdf fonts

2004-01-16 Thread Daniel Goldin
When I convert to pdf using the built in export function from the menu of Lyx 1.3 I get hideously jagged fonts. Anybody know why? What can I do about it? d. -- Daniel Goldin 323.225.1926 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bad pdf fonts

2003-04-05 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 11:50:43AM +0200, Torsten Hahn wrote: > Hi, > > i use Lyx 1.2.1 on OSX an wrote some text with the "book (koma-script)" > textclass. Viewing this as Postscript looks fine, but viewing as pdf > with "Preview" looks and prints very odd. > > I exported the document as latex

Re: bad pdf fonts

2003-04-05 Thread I Wayan Warmada
On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Torsten Hahn wrote: | i use Lyx 1.2.1 on OSX an wrote some text with the "book (koma-script)" | textclass. Viewing this as Postscript looks fine, but viewing as pdf | with "Preview" looks and prints very odd. | | I exported the document as latex and i have found out, that remo

bad pdf fonts

2003-04-05 Thread Torsten Hahn
Hi, i use Lyx 1.2.1 on OSX an wrote some text with the "book (koma-script)" textclass. Viewing this as Postscript looks fine, but viewing as pdf with "Preview" looks and prints very odd. I exported the document as latex and i have found out, that removing the line: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} s

Re: Formatting: endfloats+short captions, PDF fonts

2001-11-20 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 01:42:48PM -0500, Will Fischer wrote: > >I have put in some ERT, like this, to reset the page and the header >(and then I just throw that page away): > >\section{Figures}\addtocounter{page}{-1} > >What is the Better Way? \markboth{Figures}{Figures}. You

Re: Formatting: endfloats+short captions, PDF fonts

2001-11-19 Thread Rod Pinna
To get rid of the markers in the text, use the option [nomarkers], and to remove the figure or table lists, use [nofiglist] and [notablist]. [nolists] gets rid of both lists. eg. \usepackage[nolists,nomarkers]{endfloat} The page with the [figure X should go here] is meant to show the approxima

Re: Formatting: endfloats+short captions, PDF fonts

2001-11-19 Thread Herbert Voss
Will Fischer wrote: > 1. float placement (RRRGH!) >I can get my figures at the end of the chapter using the package >"endfloat", but it puts in a separate page in front of the >references that says this: > > [figure 1 should go about here] > [figure 2 should go

Formatting: endfloats+short captions, PDF fonts

2001-11-19 Thread Will Fischer
Greetings lyxers! I have a few problems formatting my thesis (which is of course must be turned in quite soon), and am looking for help. All these queries relate to lyx-1.1.6fix3-1 on redhat 7.1 linux. My thesis is set up ambitiously as a multipart document using a style file for I.U. theses tha

Re: pdf fonts

2001-01-17 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:26:18AM +, Herbert Voss wrote: > I have just tried out the new LyX 1.1.6 and its new shiny integrated PDF > > exporters, and I've found that the generated PDF documents have really ugly > > fonts, close to unreadable in Acrobat Reader. I'm sure there's a way to fix >

Re: pdf fonts

2001-01-16 Thread Herbert Voss
Arkaitz wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have just tried out the new LyX 1.1.6 and its new shiny integrated PDF > exporters, and I've found that the generated PDF documents have really ugly > fonts, close to unreadable in Acrobat Reader. I'm sure there's a way to fix > this ;-). Any hint? layout->docum

pdf fonts

2001-01-16 Thread Arkaitz
Hi all, I have just tried out the new LyX 1.1.6 and its new shiny integrated PDF exporters, and I've found that the generated PDF documents have really ugly fonts, close to unreadable in Acrobat Reader. I'm sure there's a way to fix this ;-). Any hint? TIA, Arkaitz.