Mark, that was an excellent guess. I should've thought of that myself! Unfortunately, it didn't work. :(
Pete On Sat 24 Apr 04, 11:08 AM, Mark K. Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Could it just be gv settings that's messed up? Delete ~/.gv and try > again? > > -Mark > > > On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I have a postscript file, dissertation.ps that, out of the blue, started > > to look ugly when viewed with gs (or gv which uses gs). The font looks > > thin and spindly. > > > > Not knowing what to do, I uploaded it to my friend Mark's computer and > > used gv to view it there. The results were much nicer. The fonts > > looked rich and full again. > > > > You can see the results side by side: > > > > http://www.dirac.org/shot.png > > or > > http://www.dirac.org/shot.jpg > > > > Both machines are up-to-date Debian Sarge. > > > > I know zilch about Defoma, and don't have the luxury of time to learn > > right at this moment. However, I have to look at this document for very > > extended periods of time, and the spindly font bothers my eyes. > > > > Mark's computer doesn't have an X server set up on it (I used gv > > remotely), so it doesn't have an XF86Config fontlist to look at, so I > > don't know how the "order of font looking" is set. > > > > It doesn't have xfstt nor xfs. I'm not too sure how font requests are > > serviced when there's no server to begin with. > > > > Any ideas on why the two systems are displaying the same file so > > differently? > > > > These fonts *can't* be the same. Any idea on how to track down which > > font is being used and why? > > > > Anyone know how fonts are handled when there's no server? > > > > Any help appreciated! > > > > Pete -- Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
