On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 08:54:45AM -0600, Randolph J. Herber wrote: > Primarily Adobe PostScript PDF is a method of Adobe, Inc., to reduce Adobe's > problems with thief for their fonts which is quite easy to do if the fonts > are included within an Adobe PostScript file. I don't think that is the primary motivation for PDF, and I'm not sure if it is true anyway. Adobe has published the encryption/decryption algorithms for PFB font files. To my mind, the fundamental point about PDF (as opposed to PostScript) is that it is object-oriented, a PDF document consisting essentially of a collection of PDF objects. > If one remains with the almost universal Apple LaserWriter basic 13 fonts > and the TeX bitmapped fonts, then the files are more portable than when > Adobe PDF is used. This isn't much use for maths, of course. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: [log in to unmask] tel: +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland