Re: Getting the Update!!
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- Subject: [mg9492] Re: Getting the Update!!
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh>
- Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 23:04:25 -0500
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Peter wrote: > > whoa---- i was up until 3am last night trying to fiddle with miktex, > ghostscript and eps graphics produced by Mathematica. i thought it > was miktex (or my buggy latex code), but decided it was the eps file. Again, updating your copy of Mathematica will not necessarily solve the problems you are encountering with Mathematica exported EPS graphics. If you are using Mathematica 3.0.0.x, and you are generating EPS files with the front end menu command Edit -> Save Selection As -> EPS, then you can get vaild PostScript with a legitimate bounding box by downloading and installing an updated version of the file PostScriptHeader.tr. See the FAQ page at URL: http://www.wolfram.com/support/Graphics/Formats/EPS/FrontEndFix.html for more information. This fix is not relevant for EPS files generated with the kernel command Display[ ] as this uses a different method for creating the EPS. The next issue that will arise with exported graphics depends on whether your generated graphic makes use of the special Mathematica fonts. This will be the case if you use any grouping symbol (parenthsis, bracket, or brace), Greek character, or mathematical symbol. Whatever is responsible for interpreting and rendering the PostScript, be it ghostscript, a front end to ghostscript (like GSView32), or a PostScript-supporting printer, MUST be aware of how to draw these fonts. Otherwise you will get strange substitutions, most likely the Courier font characters with the same character codes. If you are using a PostScript printer, you will need to have the printer download the fonts into memory or place them on an external storage device (if your printer supports this option). See the tech support FAQ pages: http://www.wolfram.com/support/Systems/All/ManualFontDownload.html If you are using ghostscript, you must edit the Fontmap file that tells Ghostscript where to find the Type 1 font files needed to draw the characters. See the FAQ page at URL: http://www.wolfram.com/support/Graphics/Formats/EPS/Ghostscript.html for detailed instructions on how to do this under Unix or Windows. -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/ Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.