I've found that using ps2pdf14 will produce pdfs that everyone can open. I
create a postscript doc with groff then convert to pdf with ps2pdf14.

groff -ms -t -Tps myfile.roff >myfile.ps

ps2pdf14 myfile.ps

Chad


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:38 PM, GregExp <gi...@gmx.ch> wrote:

> I found myself a way out:
> with the convert command you can turn a .pdf to a .pdf
>
> convert foo.pdf foo1.pdf
>
> You can read foo1 with adobe reader.
> Well, the text ist not very sharp, an not very nice to read.
> But it's better than nothing.
>
> Cheers
> Gregoire Babey
>
> Le lundi 24 février 2014 à 01:40 +0100, GregExp a écrit :
> > Hi groffies,
> >
> > I wrote a text with groff, converted it to a pdf.
> > I wanted to send it as a mail attachement to my sister, who works with a
> > Windows system as many people do. She couldn't open it.
> > Is a .pdf not like a .pdf?
> >
> > Thanks
> > gregoire babey
>
>
>
>


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Chad Roseburg
Automation Dept.
North Central Regional Library

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