[l2h] Problem with Gif generation after MiKTeX 2.4

Peter Morling pmorling at nat.sdu.dk
Fri Oct 29 15:53:22 CEST 2004


Hi Ross,

I think you are right about it is a font problem, please see

http://www.statmaster.sdu.dk/maskel/misc/miktex_problem/test/node1.html

e.g.

'n x r' causes no problem, but

'n x k'  and  'n x d'

..also the problem appears with or without amsmath


Best,
Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Moore" <ross at maths.mq.edu.au>
To: "Peter Morling" <pmorling at nat.sdu.dk>
Cc: <latex2html at tug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [l2h] Problem with Gif generation after MiKTeX 2.4


> Hi Peter,
>
> On 27/10/2004, at 9:27 PM, Peter Morling wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > after installing MiKTeX 2.4 the gif-generation causes errors, please
> > se the
> > attached image, a blick line at the bottom of the gif box.
> >
> > However, if you set the
> >
> > MATH_SCALE_FACTOR = 1.8;
> >
> > the problem will disappear again. But it'll force you to use a rather
> > large
> > presentation of your math statements. I have tried the excact same for
> > MiKTeX 2.3 and this causes no problems. So i come to this conclusion,
> > that
> > MiKTeX distributes some new dimentinons of fonts or maths used by L2H
> > when
> > calling programs in NetPbm.
>
> Hmm; could be.
> More likely is that, with the update, you are now using bitmapped fonts,
> whereas previously you were using PostScript outlines (i.e. .pfb files)
> or perhaps vice-versa.
>
> I suggest that you run some tests of LateX2HTML, using the -debug
> switch.
> Observe in the log-window where the fonts are coming from.
>
> Also, look at  images.dvi  (and perhaps also at  images.log )
> to see if anything looks wrong.
> In  images.dvi  each image should be bracketed left & below by
> an L-shape, which is used to control the size of the image by
> its inside height and width.  If that L isn't formed cleanly
> then you'll get incomplete cropping to the correct size.
>
>
> >
> > How do i fix this problem?
>
> We need a fuller diagnosis first.
> Hopefully the above will help you do this.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ross Moore
>
>
> >
> > Best,
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Programmer Peter Morling, University of Southern Denmark
> > Department of Statistics, Sdr. Boulevard 23A, DK-5000 Odense C
> > Phone (+45) 6550 3399
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