Re: lilypond to pdf

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> >        you can change this using Ghostscript's  -r  option.)   We
> >        intend to mostly fix this by the end of 1998.
> 
> What ancient ghostscript version do you use? Since version 6.0, 
> Ghostscript handles Type1 fonts without any problem.

I think 5.5 is the latest GNU ghostscript; anyway, it's standard with
Redhat 7.

> > Perhaps you can try with Adobe Distiller if you really need good PDF
> > files.
> 
> It won't give any better output as long as the feta fonts
> in the Postscript file are bitmapped. As soon as we can 
> produce Type1 versions of the fonts, the PDF files will
> be perfect. Now, you get fuzzy-looking note symbols on
> the screen since they are bitmapped.

Can you try what happens if you use -f ps output of lily?

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