reassign 131338 texlive-binaries tags 131338 + wontfix stop On 09.04.04 Stefan Ulrich (stefan.ulr...@zen.co.uk) wrote: > Matt Swift <sw...@alum.mit.edu> writes:
Hi Matt, http://bugs.debian.org/131338 > > The same dvi file rendered by xdvi using the PostScript version of a font > > and > > using a rasterized version of the font does not look exactly the same. The > > difference seems to be greater for some font families than > > others. > > We've got a separate bug report for a few hinting bugs in t1lib > (#131336) which I hope will get fixed eventually. But a few > differences may always remain (see e.g. > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=23164&atid=377580&func=detail&aid=568758 > ). > > > I have been > > looking at raster fonts for more than a decade, and I find that looking at > > the > > PostScript versions is disappointing and that my printed output matches the > > raster presentation better. Perhaps not all would agree. > > > In any case, that is motivation for the request to be able to turn the use > > of > > direct rendering of PostScript fonts on and off within an instance (a > > keystroke > > that toggles the command line option -not1lib). > > I don't think that such a toggle is a really needed for the > following reasons: > > (a) runtime toggles should be used for preferences that change > frequently, but you just seem to want PK fonts instead of > Type1 always > > (b) a runtime toggle that may send xdvi into several seconds (or > longer) of generating PK fonts doesn't sound exactly user friendly > > (c) it's non-trivial to implement since the entire t1 machinery > is usually initialized at startup. > Chances are low that your wish will be implemented. I checked the manual page of xdvi and am pretty sure it is not implemented. Reassigning to texlive-binaries, tagging wontfix. Feel free to close the bug. H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
