"Rob MacAulay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> 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.
Authoring in TeX is not the problem, but when the author
expects to convert the result to PDF, it is advisable to use
PostScript fonts instead of TeX's standard fonts. Some
standard PostScript fonts, such as, times are contained in
any decent TeX installation (there are actually even
PostScript versions for the computer modern fonts, but as
far as I know, they are commercial, ie, you have to buy
them).
Manuel
