Re: Another lilypond pdf problem

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Han-Wen" == Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:

    Han-Wen> address@hidden writes:
    >> The one I know about is that when you look at the output of ps2pdf in
    >> the acrobat reader onscreen, it's fuzzy.  However, most of my

    Han-Wen> Can you tell what you mean by "fuzzy"? Acrobat will use 
anti-aliasing
    Han-Wen> if the output is made using Type-1 font files (which looks fuzzy by
    Han-Wen> some definitions). If using PK files, you will get jagged 
characters,
    Han-Wen> which also doesn't look very nice.

What I see is the jagged characters, but I'm not getting her problem.

    >> However, one of the people I play with, who prints from windows, finds
    >> she's getting fuzzy printouts, as well as fuzzy screen display.

    Han-Wen> What kind of printer does she have? (what resolution?) 

I asked her that, too, and she didn't know.  But she prints out other
stuff (including the music I produce with abc2ps) without complaining
about it.

    Han-Wen> At what resolution did you generate the PDF file? 

I think it's 600.

    Han-Wen> Which version of ghostscript did you use?

I was using 5.5, but have now upgraded to 7.0.  

    Han-Wen> The best way to generate PDF is to use Type-1 fonts (they were 
posted
    Han-Wen> to the list some time ago) and to use ghostscript 6.0 or
    Han-Wen> better.

I'd rather not use the type-1 fonts until they get officially
maintained.  Especially with Jurgen doing so much work with the
ancient fonts -- I don't want to not notice that there's a symbol
missing.

I have hooked my printer up to a windows box, and I don't see a
problem with the printouts, either from gs 5.5 or gs 7.0, so I conclude
that it's something about her setup.  I was worried that every windows
user was going to get fuzzy printouts, but this doesn't seem to be the
case, so I'll let her try to deal with it.  Since I actually see her
frequently, if I end up having to print things for her it's not a big
problem.

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