[OS X TeX] pdf font coding problems

George Gratzer gratzer at ms.umanitoba.ca
Sat Dec 17 16:26:30 EST 2005


On Dec 17, 2005, at 1:50 AM, Georg Verweyen wrote:

> George Gratzer schrieb:
>
>> I open in Illustrator a pdf page created in TeXShop. It comes out   
>> really bad. I assume this is well known. What can I do?
>
> I gues Illustrator converts pdf to bitmaps to be able to work on a  
> pdf. This makes a pdf-file worse per definition. Do you get any  
> better result when opening a pdf /not/ created by pdfTeX?

Then the result is perfect.


> Otherwise I'd say the question is neither OS X not TeX related.
>
> Regards, Georg

No, Illustrator does not convert to bitmaps (Photohop rasterizes).  
The problem is that two fonts are missing: NimbusMonL and  
NimbusRomNo9L. Where have these come from? Why are they used?

GG



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