[OS X TeX] Two questions about Lettrine.

Will Robertson will at guerilla.net.au
Wed Dec 22 02:25:46 CET 2004


On 20 Dec 2004, at 11:30 PM, Andrea Riciputi wrote:

> Now if I look to the resulting dvi file the capital "W" appears in 
> red, but if I convert the dvi file to a ps or a pdf file the capital 
> "W" appears in black. On the other hand if I try pdflatex (instead of 
> plain latex) the capital "W" in the resulting pdf file appears 
> correctly in red. Any suggestions about how to fix this?

Maybe try explicitly calling the driver for the color package:
\usepackage[dvips]{color}
as appropriate.

> Just another question: how can obtain capital letters in EPS format 
> starting from the yinit*.mf files? Reading the demo seems that running 
> Metapost does the trick, but it doesn't work (at least for me). Anyone 
> can explain how to get this?

Wouldn't have a clue :)
However, you can use the bitmap fonts and they'll print fine, and since 
they're only decorative caps they should be readable enough in the PDF.

Regards,
Will

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