[fptex] Cannot display PS files in WinDVI
Ivailo Stoyanov
istoyanov at freenet.de
Tue Jan 13 10:08:52 CET 2004
Dear Pascal,
now the things are getting more clearer -- THANKS A LOT!!!
> 1) With
> prologues:=0;
> in the .mp source file :
> -- windvi doesn't display the text (and, on my system,
> windvi stop displaying the remainig pictures of the
> page)
> -- using dvips (with a good psfonts.map) provides
> a .ps file with the text with the right fonts (bitmaps
> fonts included in the .ps).
>
> 2) With
> prologues:=2;
> in the .mp source file :
> -- windvi display the text but perhaps with wrong fonts
> -- using dvips provides a .ps file with the text but perhaps
> with wrong fonts
> If you want the right fonts you need to have, in the file
> fontmap of the \gslib directory of ghostcript, the reference
> to the fonts you use in the .mp source. For exemple, if you
> use cm fonts, you need to download the fontmap.cmr file
> (from /ctan/fonts/cm/ps-type1/contrib/), put this file in
> \gslib and add the line
> (Fontmap.cmr) .runlibfile
> at the end of the fontmap file of \gslib.
> Some explanations are in the begining of the fontmap.gs
> file of the \gslib directory.
My case is somewhat intermediate -- some of the the graphs appear in the *.dvi file, but when I scroll down and up again, some of them disappear on the way back and vice versa. I've noticed that the problematic PS pictures are these with manipulated font-sizes (i.e. not the standard ones as set by the graphics output). You may see this on the attached jpgs: when I scroll down the document, the problematic figure appears (although incomplete: see ``down.jpg''), but when I scroll up afterwards this picture disappears from the preview (``up.jpg''). As you may see, this situation clearly differs from your description of 1) in the fact that WinDVI displays a readable text, but with (wisible after a great magnification) some bitmap(?) font.
Otherwise I have no problems with dvips -- the output is great, besides some complains at the command prompt about a font that is not in the mapping file:
---SNIP---
dvips: Font Helvetica used in file fig05.ps is not in the mapping file.
dvips: Font Helvetica-Bold used in file fig05.ps is not in the mapping file.
dvips: Font Helvetica-Oblique used in file fig05.ps is not in the mapping file.
dvips: Font Helvetica-BoldOblique used in file fig05.ps is not in the mapping fi
le.
dvips: Font Symbol used in file fig05.ps is not in the mapping file.
---SNIP---
but in the resulting *.ps the font seems OK (i.e. it is not bitmapped)
Anyway, I am still not sure what to do, but I think that the problem is now much better described.
Best regards,
Ivailo
PS. Please accept my apologies for I have changed the subject of the current post -- I decided to do so because it is related to PS display in WinDVI and not to dvipdfm! I hope you accept this.
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