Re: Greek characters in metapost

[Ron van Ostayen <R.A.J.vanOstayen@WbMT.TUDelft.NL>]

Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:27:35 +0200
> Ron van Ostayen <R.A.J.vanOstayen@WbMT.TUDelft.NL> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote:
>>
>>>The PostScript file is not self-contained, i.e. no fonts
>>>are included. Therefore the figure has to be embedded in
>>>a ConTeXt document (\externalfigure)
>>>
>>
>>This is true, however, I want to have a self-contained postscript file, 
>>or rather, a postscript file I can include in a *LaTeX* document.  (I 
>>know this is the ConTeXt-list but I expected to find a lot of MetaPost 
>>experts on this list. :-))
>>
> 
> If you embed the MP-output test.0 in your LaTeX document using
> \includegraphics of the graphicx package, then the output
> should show the \alpha. Depending, whether you are using pdflatex
> or latex, pdflatex itself or dvips include the appropriate fonts
> and encodings.
> 
> Try the following LaTeX file with pdflatex. It should show the \alpha.

It does.  Thanks Jens.

There is a small difference in the header between the PS-files produced by:

mpost --tex=latex test.mp

and

texexec --mptex test.mp

If I include the PS-picture from the 1st command in a latex file and 
produce a PS file using:

latex test
dvips test -o test.ps

then the resulting PS-file *doesn't* show the \alpha
The PS-picture from the 2nd command *does*.

Any idea what causes this difference?

Ron