Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Good information here Helge... On Tuesday 10 November 2009 08:12:37 Helge Hafting wrote: ask2 wrote: Hi I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the case. So am I just

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-13 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> Suggestion: > >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >> template? > > >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > >> standard" for T1-encoded C

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-13 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: >> Suggestion: >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto >> standard" for T1-encoded CM-lookalikes. > unfortunately this is mu

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Pavel Sanda wrote: Olivier Ripoll wrote: try this one: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html Damned, it's been trashed also (by gmane?) let's split the address in several parts http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel then add the "at" character (@) then the following

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Pavel Sanda
Olivier Ripoll wrote: >> try this one: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html > > Damned, it's been trashed also (by gmane?) > let's split the address in several parts > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel > then add the "at" character (@) then the following: > lis

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> Suggestion: > >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >> template? > > >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > >> standard" for T1-encoded C

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Ian S. Worthington
Too much like hard work. Try http://tinyurl.com/y9dhkj5 i -- Original Message -- Received: 09:32 AM COT, 11/12/2009 From: Olivier Ripoll To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts > Olivier Ripoll wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> On 2009-11-11,

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Olivier Ripoll wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: [...] Unfortunatly, the link http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html shows only: Not Found The document you were looking for was not found. Günter try this one:

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> Suggestion: > >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >> template? > > >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > >> standard" for T1-encoded C

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: [...] Unfortunatly, the link http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html shows only: Not Found The document you were looking for was not found. Günter try this one: http://www.mail-arch

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-12 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: >> Suggestion: >> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? >> LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto >> standard" for T1-encoded CM-lookalikes. > unfortunately this is mu

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Ian S. Worthington
Perfect! Thanks Vincent. i -- Original Message -- Received: 02:28 PM COT, 11/11/2009 From: Vincent van Ravesteijn To: "Ian S. Worthington" , lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts > Ian S. Worthington schreef: > > Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Ian S. Worthington schreef: Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date? Yes, this was out of date. I've updated it now,. regards Uwe

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Pavel Sanda
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:33:50PM +, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on the first > > sight. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html > > > Would it make sense for LyX to propose default settings based on > a

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 11 November 2009 17:20:47 Bruce Pourciau wrote: > On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On 11/11/09, Pavel Sanda wrote: > >> Guenter Milde wrote: > >>> Suggestion: > >>> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >>> template? > >> > >> unfort

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On 11/11/09, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: Suggestion: Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on the first sight. http://www.ma

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 11/11/09, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: > > Suggestion: > > Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > template? > > > unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on the first > sight. > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Ian S. Worthington schreef: Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date? I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem quite good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify "latin modern". On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu ite

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Ian S. Worthington
one set me right please? Thanks, ian -- Original Message -- Received: 10:41 AM COT, 11/10/2009 From: Uwe Stöhr To: ask2 Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts > ask2 schrieb: > > > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if &

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > Suggestion: > Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard template? > > LM is out for some time by now and could be considered the "de-facto > standard" for T1-encoded CM-lookalikes. unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on t

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-10, Manveru wrote: > 2009/11/10 ask2 : >> I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it >> is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that >> never is the case. ... > LyX is not guilty of PDF quality as it is only editor using LaTeX to > pr

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-11 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-11-10, Stefano Franchi wrote: > On 11/10/09, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >>Steve Litt schrieb: If you draw something, make vector graphics rather than bitmaps, if possible. If you need screenshots, use png. Never jpeg, jpeg is only for photos. >>This is wrong! PNG is as well as JPG or

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 11/10/09, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >Stefano Franchi schrieb: >>> Only PDF and SVG are vector graphics. EPS is also a vector graphics >>> format but many EPS images are only wrapped bitmap images. >> >> Isn't the same true for PDF? You can wrap bitmap files in it, I think > >Yes, it is the same but rath

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Stefano Franchi schrieb: Only PDF and SVG are vector graphics. EPS is also a vector graphics format but many EPS images are only wrapped bitmap images. Isn't the same true for PDF? You can wrap bitmap files in it, I think Yes, it is the same but rather seldom used. So check that you have a

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Anders Host-Madsen
I get great PDF output, that can be scaled to any size. The only thing I did was to set the encoding to OT1. If you don't use international characters, that should enable LaTeX to use vector fonts.

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 11/10/09, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >Steve Litt schrieb: >>> If you draw something, make vector graphics rather than bitmaps, if >>> possible. If you need screenshots, use png. Never jpeg, jpeg is only >>> for photos. > >This is wrong! PNG is as well as JPG or GIF a bitmap graphic. the difference > is i

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Steve Litt schrieb: If you draw something, make vector graphics rather than bitmaps, if possible. If you need screenshots, use png. Never jpeg, jpeg is only for photos. This is wrong! PNG is as well as JPG or GIF a bitmap graphic. the difference is inly the compression method. Only PDF and SV

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Florian Rubach
Steve Litt schrieb: I didn't know .png is a vector graphic. It isn't. As Helge said, it's pretty useful if you need some pixel graphics with relatively large areas of similar colors like screenshots. It is relatively small and has lossless compression. For Photos, jpeg is better but has lossy

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, Steve Litt wrote: I didn't know .png is a vector graphic. It's not. It's bit-mapped, or raster. Rich

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Steve Litt
Good information here Helge... On Tuesday 10 November 2009 08:12:37 Helge Hafting wrote: > ask2 wrote: > > Hi > > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is > > if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never > > is the case. > > > > So am I ju

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
ask2 schrieb: I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunately that never is the case. See http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 Main purpose is to read on the computer so both images and text should be suitable f

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Luca Carlon
ask2 writes: > Hi > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if > the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the > case. > > So am I just stupid or is there a way to get really high quality pdf from > LYX? > > Main purpose is to read o

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Helge Hafting
ask2 wrote: Hi I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the case. So am I just stupid or is there a way to get really high quality pdf from LYX? Yes. Make sure the default font is not a b

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread Manveru
2009/11/10 ask2 : > > Hi > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is if > the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunaltely that never is the > case. > > So am I just stupid or is there a way to get really high quality pdf from > LYX? > > Main purpose is to re

lyx and pdf fonts

2009-11-10 Thread ask2
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Re: Lyx and pdf files

2001-04-19 Thread poete stephane
Dekel Tsur a écrit : > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 09:05:37PM +0200, poete stephane wrote: > > Please find as linked files the lyx, tex, ps and pdf files. > > The pdf file was generated with lyx2pdf, version 1.8, with standard options. > > > > I expected the links found in the pdf, from the Table of

Re: Lyx and pdf files

2001-04-18 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 09:05:37PM +0200, poete stephane wrote: > Please find as linked files the lyx, tex, ps and pdf files. > The pdf file was generated with lyx2pdf, version 1.8, with standard options. > > I expected the links found in the pdf, from the Table of contents and Table > of figures

Re: Lyx and pdf files

2001-04-18 Thread Herbert Voss
poete stephane wrote: > > > > Yet, I still have a problem with the conversion from tex file exported > > > from lyx tp pdf. > > > > > > I tried a lot of sets of options of the pdftex package, but the result > > > of \printindex, althrough it gives good results on the > > > ps and html outputs, st

Re: Lyx and pdf files

2001-04-18 Thread poete stephane
Herbert Voss a écrit : > poete stephane wrote: > > > > I have been using Lyx for about half a year, and I'm found of it. > > > > Yet, I still have a problem with the conversion from tex file exported > > from lyx tp pdf. > > > > I tried a lot of sets of options of the pdftex package, but the resu

Re: Lyx and pdf files

2001-04-10 Thread Herbert Voss
poete stephane wrote: > > I have been using Lyx for about half a year, and I'm found of it. > > Yet, I still have a problem with the conversion from tex file exported > from lyx tp pdf. > > I tried a lot of sets of options of the pdftex package, but the result > of \printindex, althrough it giv

Lyx and pdf files

2001-04-10 Thread poete stephane
I have been using Lyx for about half a year, and I'm found of it. Yet, I still have a problem with the conversion from tex file exported from lyx tp pdf. I tried a lot of sets of options of the pdftex package, but the result of \printindex, althrough it gives good results on the ps and html outp

Re: lyx and pdf

1999-09-22 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
Hi, you are very right: It seems that Ghostscript handles certain fonts as graphics. But if you choose a font like "Times" everything seems to be quite ok. Regards, Stephan Stephan E. Schlierf M.A. - Product Management - ++49 9254 960332 CSE GmbH Germany On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Di

Re: lyx and pdf

1999-09-22 Thread Dirk Klugmann
Stephan E. Schlierf wrote: > > Hi there, > > I for myself got satisfied results using the psd2pdf that is included in > the Ghostscript 5.50 package. Indeed the GS 5.10-ps2pdf produces large > files but the GS 5.50 reduces it very well. > > Example: > gs-5.10 ps2pdf: file size 1.373.051 > gs-5.

Re: lyx and pdf

1999-09-22 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
Hi there, I for myself got satisfied results using the psd2pdf that is included in the Ghostscript 5.50 package. Indeed the GS 5.10-ps2pdf produces large files but the GS 5.50 reduces it very well. Example: gs-5.10 ps2pdf: file size 1.373.051 gs-5.50 ps2pdf: file size 264.232 Anyway, I do a

Re: lyx and pdf

1999-09-21 Thread Florian Cramer
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 09:31:21PM +0200, Tobias Klaus wrote: > Is there a way to convert a lyx file directly into pdf? > Would be nice, since pdftex gets stuck with lyx-exported latex-files, > and ps2pdf produces very large files. Use "pdflatex", not "pdftex". This will do the job just fine! (Y

Re: lyx and pdf

1999-09-21 Thread Herbert
Tobias Klaus wrote: > > Is there a way to convert a lyx file directly into pdf? > Would be nice, since pdftex gets stuck with lyx-exported latex-files, > and ps2pdf produces very large files. Export as ps-file and than "ps2pdf ". Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~

lyx and pdf

1999-09-21 Thread Tobias Klaus
Is there a way to convert a lyx file directly into pdf? Would be nice, since pdftex gets stuck with lyx-exported latex-files, and ps2pdf produces very large files. Tobias -- Tobias Klaus Department of Political Science Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland Neuffenstr, 6/1 73116 Waeschenbeur