Re: pdf export problem
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- Subject: [mg98045] Re: pdf export problem
- From: Bob F <deepyogurt at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:41:49 -0500 (EST)
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On Mar 27, 4:35 am, David Elbert <elb... at jhu.edu> wrote: > Hello All- > > I have been having problems exporting notebooks to pdf and was hoping > someone might have some insight. I submitted a support request to > Wolfram, but have not heard back. > > Quick background: Mathematica 7.0.0; Macintosh Front End (OS X Leopard= 10.5.6). > > Quick summary: I am writing "handouts" for distribution in a math/ > stats class. Some characters disappear when converting to pdf. > Example that has been vexing me lately is the less-than-or-equal-to > sign (unicode character 2264, I think). I just get blank spaces in > its place. > > My theories (obviously wrong or I wouldn't be here asking!): I > thought it was a problem with font installations, but I have tried > different fonts without success. I also have noted that the problem = > occurs when the cells are "text" style, but goes away if I make the > cell "equation" style. I can't decide if there is a problem in the > style definitions, a bug that improperly defines fonts (and/or misses > embedding) into pdf, or something to do with "high" unicode characters. > > Apologies if my perusal of the archives has missed another discussion > of this issue, but thanks to anyone who can offer any insight or > help. I thought such font problems were well in my past, but no such = > luck. > > Thanks- > > David > > David Elbert > Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences & > Environmental Science and Policy Program > Johns Hopkins University > 3400 N. Charles St > Baltimore, MD 21218 > > elb... at jhu.edu David, Well I can see your problem now. The difference from what I did and what you did (and this is a guess), is that I created my test cells with the less than as an Input cell and then changed the style to Text. So I created another test case with the cell being created as a Text cell initially, and sure enough it shows the problem. So two workarounds are available: 1. Create your cells as Input and convert them to Text with the Format/ Style/Text command 2. Use another type of less than, e.g. \LessSlantEqual which does not seem to have the same problem. Wolfram, you have a bug - IMHO. Because the problem does not occur in both types of Cells (Input and Text), I sure would guess the problem is Mathematica's and not a PDF/Adobe problem. -Bob