turns out you can also just do

dvips -P pdf -o memo.ps memo
ps2pdf memo.ps 


-Dan

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

> its these bitmapped dvips fonts which cause you problems when converting
> to PDF.  So, the way around this is to install the fonts/bakoma-fonts
> package (which I will commit shortly and will then be available in a day
> or so).  Then do either:
> 
> a)  make a ~/.dvipsrc file
> 
> or
> 
> b)  make a config.bakoma file in your latex directory
> 
> in that file (which ever you choose), add the line:
> 
> p +/usr/pkg/share/tex-contrib/BaKoMa/fontmap.map
> 
> 
> Now when you run dvips do the following:
> 
> if you used option b) above,
> 
> dan@localhost% dvips -j0 -P bakoma -o memo.ps memo
> 
> or if you used option a)
> 
> dan@localhost% dvips -j0  -o memo.ps memo
> 
> you will note several output lines like:
> 
> </usr/pkg/share/tex-contrib/BaKoMa/pfb/cmsy6.pfb>
> </usr/pkg/share/tex-contrib/BaKoMa/pfb/cmex10.pfb>
> </usr/pkg/share/tex-contrib/BaKoMa/pfb/cmmi8.pfb>
> </usr/pkg/share/tex-contrib/BaKoMa/pfb/cmr9.pfb>
> 
> indicating that the new type-1 postscript fonts are being used.
> 
> Also note that
> 
> dan@localhost% grep DVIPSBitmapFont memo.ps
> dan@localhost%
> 
> doesn't show any bitmapped fonts :)
> 
> Now when you convert to pdf with ps2pdf, you should be happy with the
> results.
> 
> regards,
> 
> -Dan
> 
>