Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Weird Error

[ghostanime2001]

So to run pstricks graphics I have to use auto-pst-pdf package and run as (meaning the compiler) pdfLatex?

Btw I guess computer didn't explode You must have a 10 year old computer then

[Stefan Kottwitz]

So to run pstricks graphics I have to use auto-pst-pdf package and run as (meaning the compiler) pdfLatex?

- That's one way, if you would like to use pdfLaTeX
- or use LaTeX in DVI mode to produce DVI, convert to PS via dvips and to PDF via ps2pdf,
- or simply use XeLaTeX, this often works too with PS-Tricks.

Stefan

[ghostanime2001]

XeTeX works fine now and so does pdflatex. One thing of concern with pdflatex is that If i have a document with text and graphics and I run it with pdflatex some letters appear to be offset more than others in words. For example "Wed, April 7th, 2010". If I use XeTeX the letter spacing is minimal and appears to be okay.

I don't know why but earlier today I uninstalled miktex, all of it! and then i re-installed again and then xelatex worked perfectly even without --escape-write18 command line in TeXworks. But I needed that command line to run pdflatex so that's why i included that in my texworks anyway.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

One thing of concern with pdflatex is that If i have a document with text and graphics and I run it with pdflatex some letters appear to be offset more than others in words. For example "Wed, April 7th, 2010". If I use XeTeX the letter spacing is minimal and appears to be okay.

With pdfLaTeX, try

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\usepackage{microtype}

have a look at that justification example with microtype.

Or try this with XeLaTeX:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\begin{minipage}{3.7cm}
\blindtext
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

I get bad spacing and 10 bad boxes. When I add \usepackage{microtype} and compile with pdfLaTeX, I get better spacing without any bad box warning.

Stefan

[ghostanime2001]

With xelatex there are no changes with or without microtype package. But compiling with pdflatex there is. Anyways what I have in my document is just a small thing. Few letters are like 2pts seperated from other letters in certain words. Not that having this makes a tremendous difference and loss of readability. I'm just noting down minute differences.