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pkfix-helper

Make PostScript files accessible to pkfix.

Pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips.

Pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions.

The author is Scott Pakin. The package is Copyright © 2006 Scott Pakin.

License: lppl Version: 1.0 Catalogued: 2006-06-20

- Visit
  - Visit a nearby CTAN:/support/pkfix-helper. If this fails, try Cambridge.
  - Visit Cambridge:/support/pkfix-helper
- Download
  - Download from a nearby CTAN (automatically identified).
  - Download from Cambridge.
- Documentation
  - Read documentation for this package from: README.
  - Read documentation for this package from: encoding-samples.pdf.