ps2pdf:
A Unix utility that calls ghostscript to do the conversion to PDF. Seems
to work better than Distiller and
it's available for Linux!
It is important to set options as follows when running the command:
"ps2pdf -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.2 -dSubsetFonts=true
-dEmbedAllFonts=true filename.ps filename.pdf"
pdf2ps If
fonts look okay in Acrobat Reader but do not print correctly, this
utility maybe able to create a PostScript file that will print correctly.
GhostScript: One of the
most robust ways to create PDF files: first "print" to a PostScript
file, and then use ghostscript to convert it to PDF. Seems to work
even with Microsoft Word MathType fonts, with Word Perfect, and with
LaTex.
CMS
Fonts: A way to have ghostscript access the Computer Modern
fonts used in Tex/LaTex.
Type 1 vs. Type
3 fonts: Adobe's page on
the Type 3 versus Type 1 font issue (this problem shows up even
with ghostscript, but can also be fixed using the CMS idea above
combined with the Type 1 versions of these fonts.