Re: Lout on OS X

[Wolfram Kahl]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:10:07AM +0100, Barrie Stott wrote:
> Does anyone use lout successfully on OS X? In particular, do documents print 
> properly?
> I use gv to display and to print my lout-produced documents.
> gv displays internally using ghostscript so fonts such as palatino and 
> bookman,
> which lout knows about, display without problem.
> I have gv set to print using lp since ghostscript doesn't know about my 
> printer,
> an old HP LaserJet 4L. This uses Apple fonts so palatino displays ok
> but bookman is not in my set of mac fonts, causing  a different font to be 
> substituted;
> it makes text readable but not worth using permanently.
>
> If anyone knows how to solve my problem, I would be very pleased to hear how!

Perhaps go via PDF, and take care to include fonts in the PDF --- I have:

 $ type ps2pdf
ps2pdf is aliased to `ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress'


(This is not specific to OS X; I have had your problem also under linux.)



Wolfram