From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 27 15:28:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA12632 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:28:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA12624 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA14446; Sat, 27 Apr 96 22:28:07 GMT Message-Id: <9604272228.AA14446@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA151234086; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 16:28:06 -0600 Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 16:28:06 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: robert@elastica.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604280023.UAA11438@justine.elastica.com> (message from Robert Nicholson on Sat, 27 Apr 1996 20:23:24 -0400 (EDT)) Subject: Re: Ghostview.. Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Nicholson writes: Robert> Hi, it's been a while since I've used ghostscript and Robert> ghostview... am I right in suggesting that ghostview Robert> doesn't use the same fonts as ghostscript? Ghostview uses the same fonts as Ghostscript because Ghostview uses Ghostscript to do its work ... all of the PostScript processing happens with Ghostscript. Ghostview just displays it nicely. Robert> For instance previewing the Hylafax documentation Robert> postscript in ghostscript is very clear and crisp but the Robert> fonts don't appear to be the same in ghostview. Try using the magstep menu in Ghostview to adjust the magnification to the same level that Ghostscript uses. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/