Re[4]: 0.91 version and EPS/PDF problems

[Alan G Isaac <aisaac american edu>]

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 08:11:54 -0500 Lars Clausen <lrclause@cs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> I guess I didn't explain clearly.  In 0.91, we don't include font
> definitions.  We don't rely on built-in fonts.  We don't use any fonts in
> the EPS at all.  We convert each character to a set of curves and so avoid
> the font definition problem totally.  However, this means that PS
> conversion tools are useless text-wise, and apparently PDF isn't too happy
> either.

No, you were perfectly clear.

The question is: why not allow us the 0.90 solution
(i.e., reliance on built in fonts)?

Cheers,
Alan