From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14306 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Doc-view fonts Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:12:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87r5dqkso3.fsf@member.fsf.org> References: <87mxp7x3ft.fsf@engels.HistoricalMaterialism.info> <87eiajrfd2.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <878w0rx040.fsf@engels.HistoricalMaterialism.info> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291965172 8349 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2010 07:12:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:12:52 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 10 08:12:48 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQx9s-0006QN-1R for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:12:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56224 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQx9r-0006Er-F1 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:12:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55842 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQx9l-0006CH-Kf for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:12:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQx9k-0007gp-3I for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:12:41 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:35034) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQx9j-0007gY-Sc for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:12:40 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQx9i-0006OF-Rg for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:12:38 +0100 Original-Received: from 95-88-32-105-dynip.superkabel.de ([95.88.32.105]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:12:38 +0100 Original-Received: from tassilo by 95-88-32-105-dynip.superkabel.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:12:38 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 95-88-32-105-dynip.superkabel.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tFkuhDO3wcWOmbA6VyFXICamBGs= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:14306 Archived-At: Haines Brown writes: Hi Haines, >>> What do I need to install or configure to make the Doc-view >>> documents legible? The emacs (23) package does not recommend any >>> such installation. >> >> I think this isn't quite a Gnus question? > > I suspect it is a GNUS question in the sense that I can display the > PDF article just fine with xpdf, but in emacs only the cover page is > legible and all subsequent pages are only marginally legible. Gnus is a mail and newsreader and has nothing to do with DocView, except that both programs run on the emacs platform. :-) Concerning your issue: DocView converts the PDF to PNG images, one for each page, and then displays these images. For the conversion, it uses the `gs' (GhostScript) tool. So if some fonts look bad, then it's a problem with GhostScript, not with emacs, Gnus, or DocView. Maybe the PDF contains embedded fonts that GhostScript cannot interpret correctly, and xpdf simply decides to fall back to some default font? In any case, if you found a solution, please let me know. Bye, Tassilo