[OS X TeX] embedding fonts

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 24.04.2007 um 11:01 schrieb Bruno Voisin:

> Why the 35 fonts for dvips become 14 for pdfTeX and dvipdfm is a  
> mystery to me.

Because these 35 fonts could be found on some popular PostScript  
printers (not all) and were therefore a concern for dvips, and  
Acrobat Reader came with Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, and  
ZapfDingbats, which were a concern for PDF.

--
Greetings

   Pete

"Isn't vi that text editor with two modes... one that beeps and one
that corrupts your file?" -- Dan Jacobson, on comp.os.linux.advocacy



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