Previewing files using Type 1 fonts
Until recently, free TeX previewers have only been capable of
displaying bitmap PK fonts. (Y&Y's commercial previewer
DVIWindo
has long used Adobe Type Manager to display Type 1 fonts
directly, and the most recent releases of
xdvi sport a Type 1 font renderer.) Other previewers of
the current generation offer automatic generation of the
requisite PK files (using gsftopk, or similar, behind
the scenes). If your previewer isn't capable of this, you have three
options:
- Convert the DVI file to PostScript and use a
PostScript previewer. Some systems offer this capability as
standard, but most people will need to use a separate previewer such
as ghostscript or ghostscript-based viewers
such as ghostview or shareware offering gsview.
- Under Windows on a PC, or on a Macintosh, let Adobe Type Manager
display the fonts. Textures (Macintosh) works like this, and under
Windows you can use Y&Y's dviwindo for bitmap-free
previewing.
(See commercial suppliers for details.)
- If you have the PostScript fonts in Type 1 format,
use ps2pk or gsftopk
(designed for use with the ghostscript fonts) to make
PK bitmap fonts which your previewer
will understand. This can produce excellent results, also suitable
for printing with non-PostScript devices. Check the legalities of
this if you have purchased the fonts. The very commonest PostScript
fonts such as Times and Courier come in Type 1 format on disk with
Adobe Type Manager (often bundled with Windows, and part of OS/2).
- ghostscript
- Browse nonfree/support/ghostscript/
- ghostview
- Browse support/ghostscript/gnu/ghostview/
- gsftopk
- fonts/utilities/gsftopk.tar.gz
- gsview
- Browse nonfree/support/ghostscript/gsview/
- ps2pk
- fonts/utilities/ps2pk.tar.gz
- xdvi
- dviware/xdvi.tar.gz