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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-distill-prob.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-distill-prob.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0a834869e58 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-distill-prob.html @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label distill-prob</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Characters missing from PDF output</h3> +<p>If you're using <i>Acrobat</i> <i>Distiller</i> to create your +PDF output, you may find +characters missing. This may manifest +itself as messed-up maths equations (missing +"-" signs, for example), or bits missing +from large symbols. Early versions of <i>Distiller</i> used to +ignore character positions 0-31 and 128-159 of every font: Adobe's +fonts never use such positions, so why should <i>Distiller</i>? +<p>Well, the answer to this question is "because Adobe don't produce all +the world's fonts" - fonts like <i>Computer</i> +<i>Modern</i> were around before Adobe came on the scene, and +<em>they</em> use positions 0-31. Adobe don't react to complaints like +that in the previous sentence, but they do release new versions of +their programs; and <i>Distiller</i>, since at least version 4.0, +<em>has</em> recognised the font positions it used to shun. +<p>Meanwhile, TeX users with old versions of <i>Distiller</i> need +to deal with their fonts. <i>Dvips</i> comes to our aid: the +switch <code>-G1</code> ("remap characters"), which moves the offending +characters out of the way. The PDF configuration file +(<code>-Ppdf</code>), recommended +in "<a href="FAQ-fuzzy-type3.html">the wrong type of fonts</a>", +includes the switch. +<p>The switch is not without its problems; pre-2003 versions of +<i>dvips</i> will apply it to Adobe fonts as well, causing +<a href="FAQ-charshift.html">havoc</a>, but fortunately +that problem is usually soluble. However, a document using both +CM and Adobe-specified fonts is stuck. The only real solution +is either to upgrade <i>dvips</i>, or to spend money to upgrade +<i>Distiller</i>. +<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=distill-prob">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=distill-prob</a> +</body> |