I wrote: >Eric wrote: >>If you want to have a look, I've copied the test files here : >> >>http://anamnese.online.fr/lastened/princess.gif and >>http://anamnese.online.fr/lastened/princess.pdf >>http://anamnese.online.fr/lastened/princess.ps >> > >This seems to make my point exactly. I've put up a picture containing >screen captures of princess.gif (captured from my browser) and princess.pdf >(captured from Acrobat Reader 4.0) so you can see the results on my screen. >The top picture is the gif. The pdf is actually rather better than >average (only the text seems to be antialiassed here), but is still clearly >inferior in quality to the gif. > >See >http://www.barfly.dial.pipex.com/princess.gif
Perhaps I should say that the results are quite different when printed on a Postscript printer. I printed all three files out on my HP 6MP Laserjet (600 dpi postscript laser printer - old and slow, but very good quality). The gif was good quality (just like the screen picture). The pdf was perfect. The postscript would have been perfect if the printer had had the correct font for the title and composer. As it was, it substituted Courier font, which looks a bit naff. Conclusions If you know that the recipient wants to print out the music, and has a postscript printer, and the file size is irrelevant, then pdf is the best choice. Under all other circumstances gif is better. Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
