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Bug#102120: tetex-bin: sparse docs for making PDF [with PATCH]



"James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> writes:

> +In order to get Type 1 fonts embedded in a PDF file, you must use
> +Acrobat's "distill" program to convert the PostScript file.  Currently,
> +@code{ps2pdf}, the free program that comes with @code{Ghostscript}, will
> +not embed Type 1 fonts.

Ghostscript versions greater than 6.00 will embed Type 1 fonts.
Current recommendations are GNU Ghostscript 6.51 (not yet packaged for
Debian, but on the way) or Aladdin Ghostscript 7.0.

Could you modify the patch to reflect this?

-- 
Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org> - In a variety of flavors!
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