Subject: Re: PostScript? From: "Jean-Baptiste Nivoit" <jbnivoit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:51:00 -0400 |
>Well, PDF is kinda sort PS level 3. I think PDF -> PS (level 2) -> >PDF would by lossy, since PDF has some features not in PS level 2 if I >remember correctly. Adobe announced PostScript level 3 last year. (See http://www.adobe.com/newsfeatures/postscript3/transcript.html) It is something different than PDF, though. And the company seems to have different objectives for PDF and PS.. I think that converting PDF->PS may not be lossy, but if your documents have pictures in them, or use special fonts, the converter might have to embed them in the PS making it a bit bloated.. >The best would be to use PS level 3, from which > you could make PS level 2 and PDF of any > version, I'm sure. I don't know if GhostScript >does PS level 3 though. Level 2 only i believe. >> Well, I have some difficulties to understand why we >> should want this all. Currently I use Jade->Jadetex->dvips >> to create PS output, and yes, there are converters to get this >> into PDF. But having a PDF or PS backend means AFAIK to >> bypass the excellent formatting capabilities of TeX. PS does >> not format a document, but it rather describes a formatted >> document, so you have to have one in the first place. The same holds >> true for PDF, or am I completely wrong here? > >I think theoretically you have a point, but Yes i think too, but it would be nice to be able to skip a step ;-) jb. DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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