RE: [SLE] pdf, acrobat, ghostview Oh My
The problem is that Acrobats on screen font display is sometimes (but not always) horrible. This is especially the case with files that I create using the print to PDF option (in kprint). Ghostview's display of these files is excellent.
YES they are sometimes ugly. But look at the files in Windoz-AcroReader, thay are as ugly there. Print them out and they are nice and sharp. Something in the reader itself. /Henrik
On Sunday 09 February 2003 12:52 pm, Hahnsson Henrik wrote:
The problem is that Acrobats on screen font display is sometimes (but not always) horrible. This is especially the case with files that I create using the print to PDF option (in kprint). Ghostview's display of these files is excellent.
YES they are sometimes ugly. But look at the files in Windoz-AcroReader, thay are as ugly there. Print them out and they are nice and sharp.
Something in the reader itself.
Thanks for the confirmation, I can accept that. I tried loading one of the bad documents (one I created using save to PDF) in windows. Acrobat crashed before loading the file. I've seen this before so I went ahead and started Acrobat (5.1) then dropped the file on it, sure enough ugly fonts (on screen). Is there something about the pdf files created by linux (I assume ghostscript is the actual prog creating the pdf file), that acrobat doesn't like? (ESP Ghostscript 7.05 (SuSE's version), SuSE 8.1, kde 3.1) A side note, as part of this project I decided to change my file associations so that kGhostview was the default viewer for pdf files. I changed the associations for application/pdf, application/x-pdf, text/pdf and text/x-pdf. Once I had done this kghostscript complained that it could only open .ps and .eps files, that .pdf was an unsupported format (the same file it had opened not 5 minutes earlier. I now remember seeing this happen before. I changed all of the file associations except application/pdf back to their original state and all works as it should. Kghostscript opens the file just fine. Curious Curious, -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com!
On 2003.02.10 05:33 David Herman wrote:
Is there something about the pdf files created by linux (I assume ghostscript is the actual prog creating the pdf file), that acrobat doesn't like? (ESP Ghostscript 7.05 (SuSE's version), SuSE 8.1, kde 3.1)
Using kprint is not the only way to create .pdf files. I usually prefer to print to file from the application, and then use the command "ps2pdf postcriptfile.ps" to do the conversion. Then you may use some switches to optimize for printer or display, for example (browse "file:///home/cer/doc/packages/ghostscript/doc/Ps2pdf.htm"). -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Monday 10 February 2003 05:08 am, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2003.02.10 05:33 David Herman wrote:
Is there something about the pdf files created by linux (I assume ghostscript is the actual prog creating the pdf file), that acrobat doesn't like? (ESP Ghostscript 7.05 (SuSE's version), SuSE 8.1, kde 3.1)
Using kprint is not the only way to create .pdf files. I usually prefer to print to file from the application, and then use the command "ps2pdf postcriptfile.ps" to do the conversion. Then you may use some switches to optimize for printer or display, for example (browse "file:///home/cer/doc/packages/ghostscript/doc/Ps2pdf.htm").
Thanks Carlos, I'll look at that (Ps2pdf.htm). Most of the ugliness I run into seems to occur when I'm creating a pdf from a web page viewed in konq. (I assume they are using fonts not on my system). Anything created on my system appears fine on my system. Also I'm usually quite happy just printing to a postscript file instead of pdf. But I'm still trying to learn what works most consistantly. Sounds like your suggestion may be a good solution for creating pdf's on the occasions I need them. See ya. -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com!
The 03.02.10 at 14:38, David Herman wrote:
Thanks Carlos, I'll look at that (Ps2pdf.htm).
Welcome.
Most of the ugliness I run into seems to occur when I'm creating a pdf from a web page viewed in konq. (I assume they are using fonts not on my system).
Ah. I noticed the otherday that a pdf produced directly from inside OpenOffice was worse than the one made by ps2pdf. As for converting html files, there is also an "html2ps" program :-) Otherwise, you could try Mozilla for that same page, I fancy it would produce beter output (.ps).
Anything created on my system appears fine on my system. Also I'm usually quite happy just printing to a postscript file instead of pdf. But I'm still trying to learn what works most consistantly.
Well, the pdf file is way smaller, usually, and more portable: I mean, it is seen equally well by windows users and others. You can not do the same as easily with postscript (I know there is ghostscript in windows, at least)
Sounds like your suggestion may be a good solution for creating pdf's on the occasions I need them.
It is handy, yes. It is just a script calling gs. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 12:16 pm, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The 03.02.10 at 14:38, David Herman wrote:
Thanks Carlos, I'll look at that (Ps2pdf.htm).
Welcome.
Most of the ugliness I run into seems to occur when I'm creating a pdf from a web page viewed in konq. (I assume they are using fonts not on my system).
Ah. I noticed the otherday that a pdf produced directly from inside OpenOffice was worse than the one made by ps2pdf. As for converting html files, there is also an "html2ps" program :-)
Otherwise, you could try Mozilla for that same page, I fancy it would produce beter output (.ps).
Anything created on my system appears fine on my system. Also I'm usually quite happy just printing to a postscript file instead of pdf. But I'm still trying to learn what works most consistantly.
Well, the pdf file is way smaller, usually, and more portable: I mean, it is seen equally well by windows users and others. You can not do the same as easily with postscript (I know there is ghostscript in windows, at least)
Sounds like your suggestion may be a good solution for creating pdf's on the occasions I need them.
It is handy, yes. It is just a script calling gs.
Thanks Again Carlos, I'll try your suggestions next time I get a chance. See Ya -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com!
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