PDF FAQ

1. Why do my PDF files have ugly fonts?

   Becuase you're generating PDF files with Bitmapped rather than Scalable fonts. For more information, see: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/latex-fonts.html

   In order to embed Type1 (vectorized) fonts instead of Type3 (raster) in the PS file, run dvips like so:

   dvips -Ppdf testthesis.dvi
   
   
2. How do I use ps2pdf to convert from Ghostscript (ps) to PDF format?

   Please see the guide at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/6.50/Ps2pdf.htm

3. How do I merge multiple PDF files into a single document?

   There are several ways of doing this...