On 13 Jun 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote: > This might be an acroread problem. I have noticed that acroread for > Linux (and all other unices) displays text very ugly, but the windows > one shows them fine. So if you have a .pdf created with pdflatex (as I > do very often, because I need to print them out at university, and there > is no LaTeX :-(( ), it might look ugly on a linux (sun,sgi,...)screen, > but print out perfectly, and look good on windows screens. Have you > tried to look at one of your documents on a windows PC? > > joerg > > "Lewis, James M." wrote: > > > > I am using pdflatex to make .pdf files of a document. It prints just fine > > but looks bad when viewing with acroread. Is there some trick to using > > different fonts to make the screen display look good? I have tried > > using a couple of postscript fonts as well as the usual tex fonts (ccr). > > I have also tried ps2pdf with the same result. No problems with xdvi > > but I have to send this doc to windows users... > > > > tia > > jim > >
I wonder if it has something to do with pdflatex. I've been making some latex slides using prosper and find that if I convert them to pdf using pdflatex the text doesn't appear when viewed with acroread. However, if I convert them via dvips and ps2pdf they do come out OK. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Gnu/Debian Linux (Windows-free zone). For electronic books (Homeomythology and The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 130 book reviews, go to http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. [Laurens van der Post]
