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YHZSFCYYZ · 10-15-2009, 06:03 AM

TO, the T-dot are pseudonyms for Toronto. I'm not actually in Toronto proper but one of the cities that make up the GTA or Greater Toronto Area. But really, it's all just Toronto. At one time (and sometimes still) affectionately called by residents Toronto the Good and by other Canadians, mostly Maritimers such as myself, the Centre of the Universe, not so affectionately. Of course I've discovered that a number of Torontonians apply that appellation in the same manner to Edmonton. YYZ and YHZ are international airport codes for Toronto and Halifax respectively.

Regarding the PDFs, yes, they are heavily table and diagram based. Many are old scans so the PDFs were generated from TIFs or JPGs not from source text. Fortunately the newer trade journals are source-to-PDF. I would think that one of the Linux-based devices would handle .PS natively as well but haven't seen it listed as a supported format. Another thing that just struck me is the rendering of PDFs generated from AutoCAD .DWG that would otherwise be plotted to 11x17 or 32x36, etc.

10-15-2009, 06:03 AM	#6
YHZSFCYYZ Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: HP iPAQ rx3115 & Palm m105	Answers TO, the T-dot are pseudonyms for Toronto. I'm not actually in Toronto proper but one of the cities that make up the GTA or Greater Toronto Area. But really, it's all just Toronto. At one time (and sometimes still) affectionately called by residents Toronto the Good and by other Canadians, mostly Maritimers such as myself, the Centre of the Universe, not so affectionately. Of course I've discovered that a number of Torontonians apply that appellation in the same manner to Edmonton. YYZ and YHZ are international airport codes for Toronto and Halifax respectively. Regarding the PDFs, yes, they are heavily table and diagram based. Many are old scans so the PDFs were generated from TIFs or JPGs not from source text. Fortunately the newer trade journals are source-to-PDF. I would think that one of the Linux-based devices would handle .PS natively as well but haven't seen it listed as a supported format. Another thing that just struck me is the rendering of PDFs generated from AutoCAD .DWG that would otherwise be plotted to 11x17 or 32x36, etc.