Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Letters became larger when eps file is included as Latex doc

[hajime]

Hello. I used Adobe Illustrator 10 (Windows version) to create a flowchart. All the letters are within the boxes (flowchart symbols). When I double clicked the file under Mac OS, it was opened as a pdf file under Preview. The flowchart looked fine. However, when I included the eps file as a Latex figure, some of the letters are out of the boxes in the resulting Latex document. Anybody knows what is going on and how to fix it? I use Time Roman and Symbol as fonts for the flowchart. Thanks.

[benti]

If I understand you correctly, the problem can be related to either Illustrator or Latex. Have you looked at the .eps without including it in a Latex document? And have you set Illustrator to embed the font you use?

[hajime]

If I understand you correctly, the problem can be related to either Illustrator or Latex. Have you looked at the .eps without including it in a Latex document? And have you set Illustrator to embed the font you use?

Yes. I looked at the .eps file without including it in a Latex document. I opened it under MacOS and it looked fine. So, I thought it must be a problem with Latex. However, after I read your reply, I chose "embed font" and saved the .eps file again under Illustrator. Then, the figure looks good even in a Latex document. Thank you very much.

[localghost]

With the psfrag(x) package you can replace certain strings by LaTeX expressions. Depending on the complexity of your charts, you may try graphics package like pgf/tikZ or pstricks to create them directly inside the code.


Best regards
Thorsten