At Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:49:00 -0700 (PDT), Mark A. Bell wrote:
> Being a beginner at LaTeX, I produced my document using LyX (on top of
> Debian Unstable). I just exported the file as a PDF. The 'default'
> font that Lyx uses is apparently a Type 3 font. Pdffonts reveals:
>
> name type emb sub uni object ID
> ------------------------------- ------------ --- --- --- ---------
> [none] Type 3 no no no 9 0
weird. not only was there no font name, but it wasn't embedded either
("emb"). Is there any way of getting a log or something from lyx that
might show what it does exactly when "exporting as PDF"?
alternatively, try exporting as LaTeX source and running latex over
it yourself. If that still produces the above, send me the LaTeX
source and I should be able to tell you what's happening.
(If it produces something that *does* correctly embed the fonts, then
you've found a way to work around the problem)
> I also wrote a quick test file using Emacs without specifying any
> fonts or packages. I ran LaTeX and dvipdf, and tried out the file in
> Acrobat. It came out perfectly with Times Type 1 fonts. Pdffonts
> shows:
>
> name type emb sub uni object ID
> ------------------------------- ------------ --- --- --- ---------
> VCWIIB+CMR17 Type 1C yes yes no 10 0
> XACQQL+CMR12~f Type 1C yes yes no 16 0
> GGLQBJ+CMR12 Type 1C yes yes no 13 0
>
> I presume that these are the 'Computer Modern' fonts mentioned in the
> TeX FAQ [http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=fuzzy-type3]
> and that they are infact the default for my Debian TeTeX
> installation.
yes, thats Computer Modern (Roman) in a few different sizes.
the random font name prefix on these and your Times-Roman example is a
workaround for another acrobat bug, btw.
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