On Aug 12, 2005, at 7:57 AM, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
Ok I know it is bad to start a new thread but I think a number of
things need to be listed so that people (me included) aren't confused.
I am using
\usepackage{palatino}
This provides Type 1 (non-bitmap) fonts.
The dvi file is perfect - to create the dvi it makes its fonts from
.vf and .pk files (hence the splash about 'making fonts'). It gets it
information from folders such as /Adobe/
dvips produces a perfect ps file.
However both dvipdfm and pdflatex produce files like the one attached
(please look at it as this is the problem). It looks fine at most
magnifications but try 99% (fine) and then 100% (what is happening to
the end of the T and top of the D). Also if you look at the fonts it
is using they are URW versions of palatino called palladio.
So my points are these
1)If it was a bitmap problem it would mess up all characters
2)the dvi and pdf files are using different sources for the fonts
3)it only happens in Adobe
so...........................
apart from Reader being terrible at scaling why does the dvi and pdf
files use different fonts? Can I get pdflatex to use the adobe set of
fonts?
I know it is triviasl that a T and a D look bad at one magnification
but it got me thinking and the more I have investigated the font world
the more chaotic it seems.
This is a matter of hinting or lack thereof.
Adobe puts a fair bit of effort into hinting, and there're some
techniques which're more or less reserved for their use (forcebold
&c.).
URW got their outlines and was mostly marketing them for use in
sign-making equipment --- DTP usage was a late development.
Not sure if this version of Palladio has been edited and auto-hinted,
discarding any manual hinting.
William
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