Re: How to correct ugly fonts in PDF - FAQ answered

2001-10-28 Thread Harry Mangalam
Kathryn Andersen wrote: > So I changed my base font to Utopia (after making sure to upgrade my > Ghostscript to one more recent than 5.50, because that version renders > ugly fonts in PDF because they're all bitmapped instead of outlined). > That worked fine, because the font was embedded, so it r

Re: How to correct ugly fonts in PDF - FAQ answered

2001-10-28 Thread Harry Mangalam
Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > This answers my question short term, but begs the question of how does > > one get the fonts one wants to render correctly. Some Journals have > > font requirements (TimesRoman usually) and while you can always submit > > paper copies, many want electronicly viewable v

Re: How to correct ugly fonts in PDF - FAQ answered

2001-10-28 Thread Harry Mangalam
Thanks to all of you (Rich Shepard, Adolfo Manuel Pachón Rodríguez, Steffen Evers, Robin Turner, George De Bruin) for your suggestions. I'm embarassed that I did not realize that the Layout=>Document=>Document page would allow me to change the base font, but having had it pointed out to me by

How to correct ugly fonts in PDF?

2001-10-27 Thread Harry Mangalam
Hi All, As a Lyx newbie (second paper using Lyx, 1st on my own) I have been pleasantly amazed at what lyx does for you and how easy it is to actually GET WORK DONE. I'm sure this must be a faq, but in an afternoon of trying to find the answer in the lyx and ghostscript archives I was unable to