[OS X TeX] CMR fonts

[George Gratzer]

I checked all the illustrations, the only
missing character was in the sample I sent...

But the time was not wasted, I found some subtle
improvements I could make.

GG



On 2010-10-12, at 4:40 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hi Themis, and George,
> 
> On 13/10/2010, at 7:35 AM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 11, 2010, at 2:21 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi George,
>>> 
>>> <Screen shot 2010-10-12 at 5.10.00 AM.png>
>>> 
>>> ... since some characters will not show correctly.
>>> Notice how the '-' is missing in  y_{m-1}  at the right edge
>>> of the example you sent.
>>> 
>>> In my experience, missing '-' signs are the single most annoying
>>> problem when importing images having CM-encoded fonts into a more
>>> standardly-encoded font within a PDF. 
>>> If you do not fix this, you risk having your book published with
>>> these characters missing. 
>>> 
>>> I've done books in which every image had to be touched-up 
>>> (in Illustrator) to find and replace all such instances
>>> --- especially in the axes-tick labelling.
>> 
>> Isn't it preferable then to work with outlined fonts?
> 
> Do you mean converting fonts to outlines, as graphic elements?
> The CM Type-1 fonts are certainly outline fonts in the PostScript
> sense.
> 
> Surely converting fonts to graphic elements is a retrograde
> step these days, where you may need your work to show on
> different-sized screens (e.g. mobile devices) and may want
> to extract text from it --- even labels within images.
> 
> Besides, fonts generally display better (due to hinting, etc.)
> than filled graphic outlines. So I've never liked that technique.
> 
>> 
>> Themis
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> 	Ross
> 
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