[pstricks] psdot and Type 3 fonts

Herbert Voss LaTeX at zedat.fu-berlin.de
Mon Oct 30 21:35:02 CET 2006


Herbert Voss schrieb:
> Martijn Frijlink schrieb:
> 
>> If I compile the code in psdot_call.tex and convert it to pdf (see
>> Makefile),
>> I get Type 3 fonts. Only with "dotstyle=+" I do not get any Type 3 fonts.
>> Any ideas where these occurences Type 3 fonts come from ?
>> Any suggestion how to get rid of them ?
> 
> I suppose you do not really know, what Type 3 means ...
> Type 3 defines a Glyph which is _not_ a Type 1, no more no less.
> _All_ PSTricks glyphs, which are not from a Type 1 font are also
> vector based, in PostScript notation a Type 3 glyph.
> 
> This has nothing to do with a pixel based font.

I meant "in this case" ...

Herbert





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