Christian Mondrup wrote:
>
> Don Simons wrote:
> >
> > Now the real reason for this post is to point out what seems to be a
> > purely Linux problem: I also succeeded in making a pdf directly with
> > dvipdfm. The printed output was OK except for the horizontal beams.
> > Every one protruded beyond the stem where it should have stopped. I'm
> > guessing the horizontal beams are drawn in postscript, while the slanted
> > ones are fonts. It looks like dvipdfm is extending the lines that make
> > up the beams with a semicircle whose diameter equals the line width. So
> > the questions are: Has anyone else noticed this?
>
> Not with the pdf scores I've been producing by means of the new type 1
> fonts and dvipdfm (Redhat Linux/TeTeX). Take as an example Andr�'s
> typesetting of Mozart, 'Laudate Dominum' to which I on request added a
> pdf score a few days ago. There are lots of beams in the piano
> accompaniment. When viewing the result with gv (a flavour of Ghostview)
> I don't recognize anything like that described. However, for certain
> magnifications Acrobat Reader actually shows *some* beams somewhat
> extended. But they get 'normal' again with changed magnification.
>
> > Are there any options
> > that could fix it? Or is this just a feature of the way dvipdfm draws
> > lines and/or solid boxes? (I haven't yet loaded the new versions of the
> > fonts, but I don't think they would affect this).
During my preparation of a few new dvipdfm generated pdf scores to be
added to the sheet note archive I've run into another problem with the
type 1 fonts. Common to these scores is that they are mtx typesettings
set up with 16 point overall font size and that they have a right hand
harpsichord stave with diminished fontsize (\setsize2\smallvalue). But
with the new type 1 fonts the noteheads of these staves look like
they're drawn in 16 point causing the alignment of noteheads and stems
to look really peculiar. Besides the alignment of beams in these staves
is *really* weird:-(
The described problem occurs with dvipdfm and also with dvips if type 1
fonts are used for postscript file generation.
Bye
--
Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer
Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus
Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Phone: +45 89 49 53 01 - http://www.scandiatransplant.org
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