From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EUCZp-0000Zy-AZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:22:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9P0Kid2001757; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:20:44 GMT Received: from www.rout.co.nz (203-79-82-53.adsl-wns.paradise.net.nz [203.79.82.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9P0Avng000210 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:10:58 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.2] (nick.rout.co.nz [192.168.1.2]) by www.rout.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4577C1CCF16 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:09:36 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:10:56 +1300 From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] PDF or PS format for daily use? In-Reply-To: <435D2EC2.8050105@gmail.com> References: <435D2EC2.8050105@gmail.com> Message-Id: <20051025130936.C76A.NICK@rout.co.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.21.04 [en] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j9P0Avng000210 X-Archives-Salt: 42fc86d8-205f-4eb2-8ac6-fea2f7a77118 X-Archives-Hash: e83c6f308d5e7d71ae44d03a30630e01 On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:58:10 -0500 Chris Gottbrath wrote: > I am not 100% sure but I seem to recall someone telling me that pdfs > embed any fonts that are used, whereas ps files expect the fonts in > question to be on the machine that you look at the ps file with. This > could be a strong argument in favor of pdf files if you are sending the > files to others. > > Does anyone know if that is correct or if I am remembering wrong? Certainly it is possible to embed all the fonts in a pdf, and this is often a good idea. It's not always the default though. How you do it will probably depend which tool/library you are using to produce the .pdf. I am not sure if font embedding is possible in a .ps document. -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list