[softwarelist] Re: Quercus, PDF problems

On 05 Oct, Dr Alan Leighton <alan.leighton2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4f2d2a1c3fjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> John Cartmell
>           <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > On 05 Oct, Dr Alan Leighton <alan.leighton2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Lay outs fine fonts fine (not many used) jpegs fine.

> > Without sufficient evidence (yet) the 'not many used' is what I would
> > recommend + once you know they're OK - keep to them. When you're running
> > a series about fonts, with a fresh bunch every issue, that's not advice
> > you can take. ;-(

> > In retrospect I believe I applied a great deal of superstitious behaviour
> > (ie making sure I did things a certain way that probably made no
> > difference) but I do intend to find out just what needs to be done
> > (fonts, graphics, &c) to be sure that the end result of a RISC OS pdf
> > will be right before the printers ring up.

> I use the main ones from !Ovation library but also have dabbled in a few
> of the others such as finery and flourish. Have you tried !Ghostscript?
> What fonts did you have trouble with?

Other than ones supplied by Peter Newble I've stuck to EFF fonts and the RISC
OS set. Latest minor quibble has been with Homerton.

But see what I say about superstitious behaviour. I have no confidence in any
of my learning in this area prior to getting the bulk of the pdfs produced
off-platform.

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