Maybe this can help (this is about LaTeX and not Haskell ...)
The TeX typesetting system uses a bitmap font called Computer
Modern invented by D. Knuth. Here is a quotation from "A guide to LaTeX" by
Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly, Addison-Wesley, 3rd edition, 1999 on page
457 :
The Computer Modern fonts have also been converted to Type 1 (postscript)
fonts, as a joint project of Y&Y Inc. and Blue Sky Research. Originally part
of their commercial TeX installations, these fonts are now available free of
charge and can be found on CTAN under fonts/cm/ps-type1/bluesky. An
alternative, earlier set by Basil Malyshev is located in
fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma.
These fonts are especially recommended for use with pdfTeX. In fact, for
PDF output one should not even consider applying the bitmap fonts for they
produce terrible results, whether generated with pdfTeX or with the
Distiller program.
Thank you
Francis Girard
Rimouski, Québec, Canada
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rob MacAulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Keith Wansbrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: Is their a *good* online tutorial and reference for Haskell?
To: Kevin Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Is their a *good* online tutorial and reference for
Haskell?
Date sent: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:51:57 +0100
From: Keith Wansbrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Keith Wansborough wrote :
> It would be a good idea for tutorial papers to be available in PDF
> format as well (and maybe even HTML if it doesn't look too ugly)...
> PostScript files are really only accessible to CS people-in-the-know;
> the average Anonymous Coward is not going to have Ghostscript installed
> on their system.
I agree entirely. I am lucky enough to be able to use Acrobat to
translate to PDF, but this will not be possible for most people.
Even after conversion to PDF, the fonts used in most PostScript
versions are unclear when viewed on-screen, though they do print
acceptably. Presumably, this is because they were originally
authored in TeX systems, and then translated to PostScript.
Rob MacAulay
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