PDF manual files

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Nielsen Linus (ext) wrote:

> I have a question: Why are the PDF manual documents at
> gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs using embedded bitmap fonts instead of
> PostScript? Is there a problem (licensing, technical) with PostScript
> fonts?

I expect that gcc.gnu.org doesn't have any of the outline versions of the
Computer Modern fonts (which I'm aware of, but don't know much about)
installed.

> They are very hard to read as they are now...

I suggest enabling anti-aliasing in your viewer.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk