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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pkfix.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pkfix.html deleted file mode 100644 index bf2d91e550e..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pkfix.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label pkfix</title> -</head><body> -<h3>Replacing Type 3 fonts in PostScript</h3> -<p/>One often comes across a PostScript file generated by -<i>dvips</i> which contains embedded PK fonts; if you try -to generate PDF from such a file, the quality will be poor. -<p/>Of course, the proper solution is to regenerate the PostScript file, -but if neither the sources nor the DVI file are available, one -must needs resort to some sort of patching to replace the bitmap fonts -in the file by outline fonts. -<p/>The program <i>pkfix</i> (by Heiko Oberdiek) will do this -patching, for files created by “not too old versions” of -<i>dvips</i>: it finds the fonts to be replaced by examining the -PostScript comments <i>dvips</i> has put in the file. For each -font, <i>pkfix</i> puts appropriate TeX commands in a file, -which it then processes and runs through <i>dvips</i> (with switch -<code>-Ppdf</code>) to acquire an appropriate copy of the font; these copies are -then patched back into the original file. -<p/>If your source file is older than <i>pkfix</i> can deal with, -there’s still a modicum of hope: <i>pkfix-helper</i> examines the -bitmap fonts in a document, compares them with the metric -(<code>.tfm</code>) fonts on your system and comes to a view of which -font might be which. The program reports on “poor” matches, and -there are options for confirming, or replacing, its guesses. The -technique (which sounds implausible) is successful enough to be worth -a try. -<p/>A further option is Frank Siegert’s (shareware) -<a href="http://www.pstill.com">PStill</a>, which is capable of processing -the PostScript it is distilling, and one option is to replace bitmap fonts -in the file with Type 1 versions. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>pkfix</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pkfix.zip">support/pkfix</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pkfix/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pkfix.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pkfix-helper</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pkfix-helper.zip">support/pkfix-helper</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pkfix-helper/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pkfix-helper.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=pkfix">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=pkfix</a> -</body> |