Re: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf

2023-06-13 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, Deri wrote: Here's my 1.22.4 version with Tadziu's fix. The pdf shows the difference between using my SS font, using Tadziu's fix to pdf.tmac and using grops and the type 3 SS font. That solves my issues. Thanks Deri - Damian Pacific Engineering Systems International .

Re: italic corrections on synthesized slanted lowercase Greek letters on the pdf device (was: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf)

2023-06-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-06-14T00:53:42+0100, Deri wrote: > This is using a real font, deleted pdf:SS. Looks great! It's not led astray by the superscripts or anything. Regards, Branden signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: undiagnosed pic error

2023-06-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Forwarding another mail of Doug's that I think was sent to TUHS by mistake. At 2023-06-13T21:58:51-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote: > There may be a simple generic way to correct pic's habit of accepting > any set of object modifiers on any object, but obeying only a > compatible subset. > > Pic alre

Re: italic corrections on synthesized slanted lowercase Greek letters on the pdf device (was: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf)

2023-06-13 Thread Deri
On Wednesday, 14 June 2023 00:33:16 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2023-06-13T17:15:56-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > I don't think we're _quite_ there, though; we need to contrive italic > > corrections too, which seems like it would be harder without a real > > font,[1] since they vary

Re: italic corrections on synthesized slanted lowercase Greek letters on the pdf device (was: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf)

2023-06-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-06-13T18:33:16-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I undertook to do this. Lacking experience as a real typographer, I > did things by eyeballing them with sample inputs that seemed likely > provocative of glyph collisions in mathematical typesetting, and by > limiting myself to adjustments

italic corrections on synthesized slanted lowercase Greek letters on the pdf device (was: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf)

2023-06-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-06-13T17:15:56-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I don't think we're _quite_ there, though; we need to contrive italic > corrections too, which seems like it would be harder without a real > font,[1] since they vary by glyph. See the attachments. [...] > [1] Well, maybe not. We can hand

Re: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf

2023-06-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-06-13T17:15:56-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > See the attachments. Sigh. .sp .EQ f ( pi ) + 2 pi int sin ( omega t ) dt + e sup { i pi sup { rho + 1 } } .EN .sp .EQ f ( pi ) + 2 pi int sin ( omega t ) dt + e sup { i pi sup { rho + 1 } } .EN .br .ft I A\[*p]\[*r]\[*w]Z .sp A\s'16'\[*p]\

Re: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf

2023-06-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Tadziu! At 2023-06-13T17:11:50+0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > > I think the likeliest site to fix PDF output is the `pdf:SS` > > macro in pdf.tmac. > > You are right. > > This works: > > .de pdf:SS > .char \\$1 \s'n[.ps]u*89u/100u'\S'15'\\$1\S'0'\s'0' > .. > .pdf:SS \[*a] > .pd

Re: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf

2023-06-13 Thread Deri
On Tuesday, 13 June 2023 21:46:59 BST Damian McGuckin wrote: > Could I impose and ask for a patch to the 1.22.4 .tmac file please? > > I would like to test that against my updated EQN User Guide. > > Thanks heaps - Damian Hi Damian, Here's my 1.22.4 version with Tadziu's fix. The pdf shows the

Re: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf

2023-06-13 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: I think the likeliest site to fix PDF output is the `pdf:SS` macro in pdf.tmac. You are right. This works: .de pdf:SS .char \\$1 \s'n[.ps]u*89u/100u'\S'15'\\$1\S'0'\s'0' .. .pdf:SS \[*a] .pdf:SS \[*b] (etc.) Could I impose and ask for a

Re: drawing commands in groff(7) (was: undiagnosed pic error)

2023-06-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Bjarni, At 2023-06-13T16:53:50+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > How does \D't ...' influence the height of the text baseline as it > is just changing the "graphic pen" and moving it horizontally (in > the air) to its next position? I don't think the \D't' command has any impact on ver

Re: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf

2023-06-13 Thread Deri
On Tuesday, 13 June 2023 16:11:50 BST Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > > I think the likeliest site to fix PDF output is the `pdf:SS` > > macro in pdf.tmac. > > You are right. > > This works: > > .de pdf:SS > .char \\$1 \s'n[.ps]u*89u/100u'\S'15'\\$1\S'0'\s'0' > .. > .pdf:SS \[*a] > .pdf:S

Re: drawing commands in groff(7) (was: undiagnosed pic error)

2023-06-13 Thread Bjarni Ingi Gislason
On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 06:19:39PM -0400, Steve Izma wrote: > On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 03:07:07PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Subject: drawing commands in groff(7) (was: undiagnosed pic error) > > > \D't n' > > Set line thickness of geometric objects to to n basic units. A >

Re: Using -Tpdf rather than -Tps and then ps2pdf

2023-06-13 Thread Tadziu Hoffmann
> I think the likeliest site to fix PDF output is the `pdf:SS` > macro in pdf.tmac. You are right. This works: .de pdf:SS .char \\$1 \s'n[.ps]u*89u/100u'\S'15'\\$1\S'0'\s'0' .. .pdf:SS \[*a] .pdf:SS \[*b] (etc.)

Re: drawing commands have no impact on diversion height

2023-06-13 Thread Steve Izma
On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 02:29:04PM -0400, Steve Izma wrote: > Subject: Re: drawing commands have no impact on diversion height > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 01:35:22PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Subject: drawing commands have no impact on diversion height > > > > I find myself offended b