[pdftex] Error using epstopdf

[na199 at worldonline.de]

Try using PStill instead of GS, it´s much more robust and gives 
better info about which font is actually missing (and how to include 
it).
IMHO it´s freeware or shareware now.
The author could be reached under frank at wizards.de.
bye
Henning Heinze


On 31 Oct 2001, at 20:29, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:

> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Schindler <tms at buva.sowi.uni-bamberg.de>
> >>>>> writes:
> 
>     > I'm having some trouble with using the epstopdf-tool. I'm trying
>     > to convert eps-files, which I create with VISIO 5.0 into >
>     pdf-files, in order to include the pdf-files in LaTeX using the >
>     pdftex-options. I'm running AFPL Ghostscript 7.00.  When I call >
>     epstopdf, using the following command
> 
>     > 	epstopdf ablbaum3.eps
> 
> I suppose that the eps file has a reference to a font that doesn't
> exist on your system.
> 
>     > I get the following error-message:
> 
>     > [...]
>     > Error: /invalidfont in findfont
>     > [...]
>     > Last OS error: No such file or directory
> 
> Regards,
>   Reinhard
> 
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