Re: [Dvipng] Higher quality (smooth) PNGs?

[U Avalos]

Thanks for the reply.

However, I'm not really a LaTeX person. How would I go about making PDF 
fragments? 

FYI, I'm in an emacs environment---I type in org-mode (a text file, basically), 
then emacs takes care of exporting embedded LaTeX fragments to PNGs (using a 
hack of the preview-latex package, I believe). 

Also, FYI. Just a hunch but it appears that dvipng may now be used for other 
purposes other than quick-and-dirty previews in emacs. (Ex: dvipng's own 
webpage says that it's used in wikipedia). It may be time to add an option for 
smooth images... or maybe another program can easily provide the same 
functionality...

On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 22:13:34 +0200
Jan-Åke Larsson <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 2010-08-09 21:26, U Avalos wrote:
> > Hi all. I am creating a hi-quality PDF by using Princexml to convert an 
> > HTML file (w/ LaTeX fragments) to a PDF. However, while the quality of the 
> > LaTex fragments created with dvipng look good on the computer screen, they 
> > do not *print* well. I tried increasing the output resolution (D switch). 
> > However, all that does is increase the pixel count---the images still 
> > appear pixelated and not smooth.
> 
> This is because they are pixelated, and intended for no other purpose
> than screen output.
> 
> > Is there a way to make the images more smooth? I tried using the Q switch 
> > (-Q 1 and -Q 10) but that doesn't seem to do anything. I'm using dvipng 
> > 1.12.
> 
> If your dvipng uses FreeType, the -Q switch does nothing. The -Q switch
> controls the quality of the old PK fonts.
> 
> > Perhaps I should be using something else to create the LaTeX images? 
> 
> Yes. I'd suggest making PDF snippets out of them and include those in
> the PDF at the appropriate places.
> 
> Best of luck
> /JÅ
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--Thanks!
Uriel