Re: [Getting a bit OT] Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-07 Thread Herbert Voss
Matej Cepl schrieb: On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:13:17AM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: Am I alone in liking the lightness of Computer Modern? I often print out CM documents at 600dpi and I like the almost ethereal quality. In Etheral quality is somehow heavy on my eyes (although my eyesigh

Re: [Getting a bit OT] Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-07 Thread Matej Cepl
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:13:17AM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: > Am I alone in liking the lightness of Computer Modern? I often print > out CM documents at 600dpi and I like the almost ethereal quality. In Etheral quality is somehow heavy on my eyes (although my eyesight is perfect), so that I h

Re: [Getting a bit OT] Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-07 Thread Nirmal Govind
> so the requirements are different). Call me a Knuth fanatic, but CM > is still the most aesthetically pleasing font I've ever seen (I'm not Couldn't agree more with you Robin.. and CM is the only font I use.. cos the output on screen is great and cos I can live with the lighter output on my 600

Re: [Getting a bit OT] Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-07 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:13:17AM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: > Nirmal Govind wrote: > >>Or install the cm-super fonts, an (almost) complete type 1 replacement > >>of the computer modern fonts: > >>http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/ > >> > >>Jürgen. > >> > > > > > >I just did

[Getting a bit OT] Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-07 Thread Robin Turner
Nirmal Govind wrote: Or install the cm-super fonts, an (almost) complete type 1 replacement of the computer modern fonts: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/ Jürgen. I just did this (warning: cm-super package is a pretty big file ~ 65MB in rpm format) and yes, the PDF out

Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-07 Thread Nirmal Govind
> Or install the cm-super fonts, an (almost) complete type 1 replacement > of the computer modern fonts: > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/ > > Jürgen. > I just did this (warning: cm-super package is a pretty big file ~ 65MB in rpm format) and yes, the PDF output on scree

Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-07 Thread Matej Cepl
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 07:13:30AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 07:53:18PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > > pslatex is obsolete! > > I wonder whether we should set up some article layout > especially for .pdf generation. Remembering which package is > prefered and which is o

Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-06 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 07:53:18PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > pslatex is obsolete! I wonder whether we should set up some article layout especially for .pdf generation. Remembering which package is prefered and which is obsolete is a bit tricky. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom

Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Herbert Voss wrote: > pslatex is obsolete! > use instead > > \usepackage{mathptmx}% instead of package times > \usepackage[scaled=0.9]{helvet} % or [scaled=0.92], if you like > > or > > \usepackage{mathpazo}; > \usepackage{palatino}; Or install the cm-super fonts, an (almost) complete type 1 rep

Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-06 Thread Herbert Voss
Kayvan A. Sylvan schrieb: On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:20:38AM -0300, German Poo Caaman~o wrote: El mié, 06-11-2002 a las 11:05, Pierre Lescanne escribió: In the extended manual, several tricks are suggested to get good displays in Acroread. I tried them, none worked. However since I use

Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-06 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:20:38AM -0300, German Poo Caaman~o wrote: > El mié, 06-11-2002 a las 11:05, Pierre Lescanne escribió: > > In the extended manual, several tricks are suggested to get good > > displays in Acroread. I tried them, none worked. However since I use > > times font, I have inc

Re: PDF looks good

2002-11-06 Thread German Poo Caaman~o
El mié, 06-11-2002 a las 11:05, Pierre Lescanne escribió: > In the extended manual, several tricks are suggested to get good > displays in Acroread. I tried them, none worked. However since I use > times font, I have included in the preamble, \usepackage{times} it > works pretty fine. This could

PDF looks good

2002-11-06 Thread Pierre Lescanne
In the extended manual, several tricks are suggested to get good displays in Acroread. I tried them, none worked. However since I use times font, I have included in the preamble, \usepackage{times} it works pretty fine. This could be suggested in the documentation. Pierre