Graphics for Inclusion in Electronic Documents

Hutchinson I.

How does one produce portable graphics files that can be imported into otherdocuments, especially TeX documents? Ways that images become unportable arediscussed as well as good-practice guidelines. The advice is aimed mostly at linux orsimilar operating systems which have a wealth of open-source command-line tools.

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Table of contents :
Postscript……Page 2
Bounding Boxes……Page 3
Line Ends……Page 5
Converting from PDF to PS……Page 6
Fonts……Page 7
Using pstoedit and xfig……Page 8
JPEG……Page 9
Combined Vector and Bitmap Graphics……Page 10
LaTeX Desperation Tweaks……Page 11
Tools……Page 12
Instructions to graphics authors……Page 13
Conclusion……Page 14