On 11/25/05, Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do you generate your pdf's from lyx? > If you have sufficient software installed, there is three ways: > 1. pdf [uses latex,dvips,ps2pdf] > Disadvantage: the slowest way > Advantage: uses exactly the same mechanism as when printing. If > printing works, this works - and vice versa. > > 2. pdf (dvipdfm) [uses latex,dvipdfm] > Disadvantage: sometimes produce an invalid pdf, that happened to me. > This one was nasty - it worked in _my_ acrobat on > linux, but failed in the publisher's acrobat on windows. > Good it wasn't a pdf for wide distribution. > Advantage: somewhat faster than the above way > > 3. pdf (pdflatex) [uses pdflatex] > Advantage: Lightning fast compared to the other two - a pdf in one > step! > Disadvantage: Don't necessarily support graphichs of the .eps type, > but they can be converted to pdf and will then work. > > > Of course the problem could be something else. Others have pointed out > that using type3 fonts isn�'t the way to make a good pdf, but such > a pdf should still be valid. Could be a broken program, or > possibly a bad font. Or even broken acrobat. > > To look for the problem: > Load the file into acrobat. Use file->document properties->fonts > to find what type 3 fonts you have. Hopefully there are few, perhaps > a font embedded in a figure? >
Interesting, I was using the first method you outlined above. When I tried #3, it worked perfectly. Also, when I checked the Document Properties, it showed only type 1 fonts. Thanks to all who helped me on and off the list. Andrew
