[OT] Adobe Reader changes font size!

Hello,

you may try to install the fonts later.

It may be useful to know how you get your PDF ?
was it grabbed ? exported ? composed by pdf[La]TeX ?

hth,
Jerome

Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
>>> If I print a pdf document through MS Windows Adobe Reader, I see that
>>> the font is smaller than when I print it under Linux. Can anybody
>>> explain this, and to avoid it?
>
>
> Nik writes:
>
>> Are you using a font that is available on both systems?
>
>
> Well, I don't know...
>
>
>> Maybe you could try embedding the font when you create the PDF
>
> How?
>
>
>> , or if you
>> don't create it make sure that msttcorefonts is installed.
>
> I tried to install msttcorefonts, but got error message:
>
>
> # apt-get install msttcorefonts
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> msttcorefonts is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up msttcorefonts (1.2) ...
> warning: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/truetype does not exist or is not a directory
> These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
> platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, but they are
> still available from third parties.
>
> You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
> but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
> to the file name or packaging format.
> --17:21:36-- http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
> => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving belnet.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Host not found.
> --17:21:36-- http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
> => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving easynews.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Host not found.
> --17:21:36-- http://twtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
> => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving twtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Host not found.
> --17:21:36-- http://aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
> => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving aleron.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Host not found.
> --17:21:36-- http://cesnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
> => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving cesnet.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Host not found.
> --17:21:36-- http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
> => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving switch.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Host not found.
> andale32.exe: No such file or directory
>
> All done, errors in processing 1 file(s)
> dpkg: error processing msttcorefonts (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> msttcorefonts
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
>
> . Please, any help...
> Thanks a lot,
> Rodolfo
>
>

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