Erik,
I know this has been discussed previously but I have not seen any
definitive answers (not sure there are any but...). We have had some
problems with pdf:s generated with 'dvips -Ppdf -G0' and distill/ps2pdf.
Some characters, mostly '-' or ')', have been missing in the printout
although they where present on-screen. One user claims that not using
-Ppdf and instead using -Pwww solved the problem for him.
It depends on the font you are using:
1) If you use Computer Modern font, then use dvips -G -Ppdf
(otherwise you lose things like half of integrals or large parentheses)
2) If you use an Adobe Postscript font, then use dvips -G0 -Ppdf
(otherwise you lose things like fi ff ligatures)
3) If you use an Adobe Postscript font for the text, but
Computer Modern (or Euler) for the math, then
you need to create virtual fonts (look at the end of the message)
If I remember correctly, the problem is with Acrobat Reader 4.0 - it was
fixed for 4.05
Virtual fonts:
The following was suggested by T. van Zandt a couple of years ago.
The purpose is to use Adobe Postscript font for the text, and
Computer Modern/Euler for the math, and then do: dvips -Ppdf -G
without losing the ligatures of the Postscript font.
The example he used was for Helvetica.
afm2tfm phvr8a.afm -u -t dvips.enc -v phvr8a.vpl tfm/rphvr8a tvz8a.map
afm2tfm phvro8a.afm -u -t dvips.enc -v phvro8a.vpl tfm/rphvro8a tvz8a.map
afm2tfm phvb8a.afm -u -t dvips.enc -v phvb8a.vpl tfm/rphvb8a tvz8a.map
afm2tfm phvbo8a.afm -u -t dvips.enc -v phvbo8a.vpl tfm/rphvbo8a tvz8a.map
vptovf phvr8a.vpl vf/phvr8a.vf tfm/phvr8a.tfm
vptovf phvro8a.vpl vf/phvro8a.vf tfm/phvro8a.tfm
vptovf phvb8a.vpl vf/phvb8a.vf tfm/phvb8a.tfm
vptovf phvbo8a.vpl vf/phvbo8a.vf tfm/phvbo8a.tfm
The files
tvz8.map and the .vf and .tfm files
have to be in the right places,
tvz8a.map then
needs to be included in the dvips config files (p+ tvz8.amp),
and then you need to create .sty file that sets up the font for TeX.
For example, this one is for the Helvetica fonts, scaled to match the
x-height of the cmr fonts:
\def\helv@scale{.87}
\DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{phv}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{m}{n}{-s*[\helv@scale]phvr8a}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{m}{it}{-s*[\helv@scale]phvro8a}{}%
%\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{m}{sc}{-s*[\helv@scale]phvrc}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}{-s*[\helv@scale]phvb8a}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{b}{it}{-s*[\helv@scale]phvbo8a}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{m}{sl}{-ssub * phv/m/it}{}%
%\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{b}{sc}{-sub * phv/m/sc}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{b}{sl}{-ssub * phv/b/it}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{bx}{n}{-ssub * phv/b/n}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{bx}{it}{-ssub * phv/b/it}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{bx}{sc}{-sub * phv/m/sc}{}%
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{phv}{bx}{sl}{-ssub * phv/b/it}{}%
\DeclareFontFamily{OMS}{phv}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{m}{n}
{- ssub * cmsy/m/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{m}{it}
{- ssub * cmsy/m/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{m}{sl}
{- ssub * cmsy/m/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{m}{sc}
{- ssub * cmsy/m/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{b}{n}
{- ssub * cmsy/b/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{b}{it}
{- ssub * cmsy/b/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{b}{sl}
{- ssub * cmsy/b/n}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{phv}{b}{sc}
{- ssub * cmsy/b/n}{}
--
Dimitri Antoniou
Department of Biophysics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
___
office : (718) 430 3332
fax: (718) 430 8819
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
