[texhax] PostScript output (from XeTeX)?
Peter Davis
pfd at pfdstudio.com
Fri Dec 3 19:56:20 CET 2010
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>wrote:
> On 3 December 2010 Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
>
> > pdf2ps comes from ghostscript, pdftops from xpdf. I would try
> > pdftops first (in my experience the result is more `bitmapped' than
> > necessary with the pswrite device of ghostscript).
>
> The output of pdf2ps is supposed to be sent directly to the
> typesetter. Glyphs are converted to lines and curves. Hence you have
> to specify the resolution of the output device. The default is 720dpi.
>
> pdftops produces PS with hinted fonts which can be used at arbitrary
> resolutions.
>
Whichever one is included with XPDF is the one I want. Apologies if I mixed
up the names.
Thanks!
-pd
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