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Re: Another lilypond pdf problem
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Laura Conrad |
Subject: |
Re: Another lilypond pdf problem |
Date: |
27 Jul 2001 12:38:16 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) |
>>>>> "Han-Wen" == Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:
Han-Wen> address@hidden writes:
>> The one I know about is that when you look at the output of ps2pdf in
>> the acrobat reader onscreen, it's fuzzy. However, most of my
Han-Wen> Can you tell what you mean by "fuzzy"? Acrobat will use
anti-aliasing
Han-Wen> if the output is made using Type-1 font files (which looks fuzzy by
Han-Wen> some definitions). If using PK files, you will get jagged
characters,
Han-Wen> which also doesn't look very nice.
What I see is the jagged characters, but I'm not getting her problem.
>> However, one of the people I play with, who prints from windows, finds
>> she's getting fuzzy printouts, as well as fuzzy screen display.
Han-Wen> What kind of printer does she have? (what resolution?)
I asked her that, too, and she didn't know. But she prints out other
stuff (including the music I produce with abc2ps) without complaining
about it.
Han-Wen> At what resolution did you generate the PDF file?
I think it's 600.
Han-Wen> Which version of ghostscript did you use?
I was using 5.5, but have now upgraded to 7.0.
Han-Wen> The best way to generate PDF is to use Type-1 fonts (they were
posted
Han-Wen> to the list some time ago) and to use ghostscript 6.0 or
Han-Wen> better.
I'd rather not use the type-1 fonts until they get officially
maintained. Especially with Jurgen doing so much work with the
ancient fonts -- I don't want to not notice that there's a symbol
missing.
I have hooked my printer up to a windows box, and I don't see a
problem with the printouts, either from gs 5.5 or gs 7.0, so I conclude
that it's something about her setup. I was worried that every windows
user was going to get fuzzy printouts, but this doesn't seem to be the
case, so I'll let her try to deal with it. Since I actually see her
frequently, if I end up having to print things for her it's not a big
problem.
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Laura (mailto:address@hidden , http://www.laymusic.org/ )
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