On Sat, 1 May 2021 at 23:21, Max Pyziur <p...@brama.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021, Garry T. Williams wrote:
>
> > On Friday, April 30, 2021 12:45:40 PM EDT Max Pyziur wrote:
> >> I would be interested in suggestions from other paps users on their
> >> preferred
> >
> > Heh.  Never tried this program before.  I always use a2ps instead.
> > But...
> >
> > I tried --font="monospace 6" --columns=2 for code and it's very
> > readable.  Nicer than a2ps, if not as fancy.  The font is denser or
> > darker than a2ps (defaults).
>
> The output for that is better for the use of the keyword "monospace" than
> for the one that I specified under F34.
>
> So, I tried a generic keyword and used --font="proportional 6" and the
> result was of a lesser quality than for using "monospace" or the
> better results I had under F33.
>
> Are there font packages that were removed on the upgrade?
>
> Or are there proportional postscript font packages that I should install
> for the level of quality I had with F33.
>
> The output now is that using something like --font="proportional 6" or
> --font="Arial 6" is that it is uneven both vertically and horizontally:
>   - vertically: the line spacking is irregular
>   - horizontally: while proportional, some letters crwod each other or
> even
> occasionally overlap.
>

The postscript code generated by paps and it includes outline paths
for the glyphs, so it does not provide the benefits of high quality font
rendering.

u2ps <https://github.com/arsv/u2ps> "is [sic] text to postscript converter
similar to a2ps,
with emphasis on Unicode support. "


-- 
George N. White III
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