convert ancient dvi file that uses special fonts to pdf?
I have a dvi file from 1989 that uses special fonts. The dvi file was created from LaTeX. I saved all of the LaTeX source, all of the .tfm files, all of the .pk files, all of the .pxl files, and all of the .1500pxl files. I also saved the shell scripts that generated everything.
I'd like to convert the document to modern pdf.
The shell scripts use a command:
dvi2ps -a /tx/qobi/tex/pxlfonts -a /usr/lib/tex/pxlfonts.canon smthesisfrag
I no longer have dvi2ps. I have dvips instead. But dvips doesn't accept the -a argument. I can't figure out from the man page, the --help, or the online document what the equivalent of the -a argument is, i.e. how one specifies a directory with .pk, .pxl, and .1500pxl files.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
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I have a dvi file from 1989 that uses special fonts. The dvi file was created from LaTeX. I saved all of the LaTeX source, all of the .tfm files, all of the .pk files, all of the .pxl files, and all of the .1500pxl files. I also saved the shell scripts that generated everything.
I'd like to convert the document to modern pdf.
The shell scripts use a command:
dvi2ps -a /tx/qobi/tex/pxlfonts -a /usr/lib/tex/pxlfonts.canon smthesisfrag
I no longer have dvi2ps. I have dvips instead. But dvips doesn't accept the -a argument. I can't figure out from the man page, the --help, or the online document what the equivalent of the -a argument is, i.e. how one specifies a directory with .pk, .pxl, and .1500pxl files.
Any ideas?
Thanks
fonts dvips
asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
if it's just a one off you could simply copy them to the local directory
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 16:49
just tried that. didn't work
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:26
qobi@ym>ls -l heb10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1444 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.tfm qobi@ym>ls -l hebs10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1896 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.tfm qobi@ym>dvips -o smthesis.ps -M smthesis.dvi
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
dvips: Font heb10 not found; using cmr10
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
1
try dvips -d -1 to turn on debugging (texdoc dvips page 9) it will tell you where it is looking...
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 17:49
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show 3 more comments
I have a dvi file from 1989 that uses special fonts. The dvi file was created from LaTeX. I saved all of the LaTeX source, all of the .tfm files, all of the .pk files, all of the .pxl files, and all of the .1500pxl files. I also saved the shell scripts that generated everything.
I'd like to convert the document to modern pdf.
The shell scripts use a command:
dvi2ps -a /tx/qobi/tex/pxlfonts -a /usr/lib/tex/pxlfonts.canon smthesisfrag
I no longer have dvi2ps. I have dvips instead. But dvips doesn't accept the -a argument. I can't figure out from the man page, the --help, or the online document what the equivalent of the -a argument is, i.e. how one specifies a directory with .pk, .pxl, and .1500pxl files.
Any ideas?
Thanks
fonts dvips
asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
I have a dvi file from 1989 that uses special fonts. The dvi file was created from LaTeX. I saved all of the LaTeX source, all of the .tfm files, all of the .pk files, all of the .pxl files, and all of the .1500pxl files. I also saved the shell scripts that generated everything.
I'd like to convert the document to modern pdf.
The shell scripts use a command:
dvi2ps -a /tx/qobi/tex/pxlfonts -a /usr/lib/tex/pxlfonts.canon smthesisfrag
I no longer have dvi2ps. I have dvips instead. But dvips doesn't accept the -a argument. I can't figure out from the man page, the --help, or the online document what the equivalent of the -a argument is, i.e. how one specifies a directory with .pk, .pxl, and .1500pxl files.
Any ideas?
Thanks
fonts dvips
fonts dvips
asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
asked Mar 19 at 16:42
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
813
if it's just a one off you could simply copy them to the local directory
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 16:49
just tried that. didn't work
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:26
qobi@ym>ls -l heb10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1444 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.tfm qobi@ym>ls -l hebs10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1896 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.tfm qobi@ym>dvips -o smthesis.ps -M smthesis.dvi
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
dvips: Font heb10 not found; using cmr10
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
1
try dvips -d -1 to turn on debugging (texdoc dvips page 9) it will tell you where it is looking...
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 17:49
|
show 3 more comments
if it's just a one off you could simply copy them to the local directory
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 16:49
just tried that. didn't work
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:26
qobi@ym>ls -l heb10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1444 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.tfm qobi@ym>ls -l hebs10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1896 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.tfm qobi@ym>dvips -o smthesis.ps -M smthesis.dvi
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
dvips: Font heb10 not found; using cmr10
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
1
try dvips -d -1 to turn on debugging (texdoc dvips page 9) it will tell you where it is looking...
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 17:49
if it's just a one off you could simply copy them to the local directory
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 16:49
if it's just a one off you could simply copy them to the local directory
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 16:49
just tried that. didn't work
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:26
just tried that. didn't work
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:26
qobi@ym>ls -l heb10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1444 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.tfm qobi@ym>ls -l hebs10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1896 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.tfm qobi@ym>dvips -o smthesis.ps -M smthesis.dvi
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
qobi@ym>ls -l heb10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1444 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.tfm qobi@ym>ls -l hebs10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1896 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.tfm qobi@ym>dvips -o smthesis.ps -M smthesis.dvi
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
dvips: Font heb10 not found; using cmr10
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
dvips: Font heb10 not found; using cmr10
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
1
1
try dvips -d -1 to turn on debugging (texdoc dvips page 9) it will tell you where it is looking...
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 17:49
try dvips -d -1 to turn on debugging (texdoc dvips page 9) it will tell you where it is looking...
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 17:49
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Thanks to David Carlisle.
The simple solution is to:
- make a dpi300 (change resolution as appropriate) subdirectory in the directory that
has the dvi file; put the .pk and .pxl files in that subdirectory - run dvips with -M -X 300 -Y 300 (change resolution as appropriate)
You can figure out where dvips tries to find various files by giving it the -d -1 option as the first on the command line.
answered Mar 19 at 20:09
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Thanks to David Carlisle.
The simple solution is to:
- make a dpi300 (change resolution as appropriate) subdirectory in the directory that
has the dvi file; put the .pk and .pxl files in that subdirectory - run dvips with -M -X 300 -Y 300 (change resolution as appropriate)
You can figure out where dvips tries to find various files by giving it the -d -1 option as the first on the command line.
answered Mar 19 at 20:09
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
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You can accept your answer so it drops from unanswered list (you may even get the badge :-)
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Thanks to David Carlisle.
The simple solution is to:
- make a dpi300 (change resolution as appropriate) subdirectory in the directory that
has the dvi file; put the .pk and .pxl files in that subdirectory - run dvips with -M -X 300 -Y 300 (change resolution as appropriate)
You can figure out where dvips tries to find various files by giving it the -d -1 option as the first on the command line.
answered Mar 19 at 20:09
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
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You can accept your answer so it drops from unanswered list (you may even get the badge :-)
– KJO
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Thanks to David Carlisle.
The simple solution is to:
- make a dpi300 (change resolution as appropriate) subdirectory in the directory that
has the dvi file; put the .pk and .pxl files in that subdirectory - run dvips with -M -X 300 -Y 300 (change resolution as appropriate)
You can figure out where dvips tries to find various files by giving it the -d -1 option as the first on the command line.
answered Mar 19 at 20:09
Jeffrey Mark SiskindJeffrey Mark Siskind
813
Thanks to David Carlisle.
The simple solution is to:
- make a dpi300 (change resolution as appropriate) subdirectory in the directory that
has the dvi file; put the .pk and .pxl files in that subdirectory - run dvips with -M -X 300 -Y 300 (change resolution as appropriate)
You can figure out where dvips tries to find various files by giving it the -d -1 option as the first on the command line.
answered Mar 19 at 20:09
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if it's just a one off you could simply copy them to the local directory
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 16:49
just tried that. didn't work
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:26
qobi@ym>ls -l heb10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1444 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 6956 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 heb10.tfm qobi@ym>ls -l hebs10.* -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.1500pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 1896 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pk -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 7192 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.pxl -rw------- 1 qobi qobi 712 Mar 19 13:22 hebs10.tfm qobi@ym>dvips -o smthesis.ps -M smthesis.dvi
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
dvips: Font heb10 not found; using cmr10
– Jeffrey Mark Siskind
Mar 19 at 17:27
1
try dvips -d -1 to turn on debugging (texdoc dvips page 9) it will tell you where it is looking...
– David Carlisle
Mar 19 at 17:49