Re: Epstopdf and Lucida fonts in labels

Hi Laurence F. and all,

 > In order to position the labels, one needs to know where to
 > put them.

labelfig.tex and boxedeps.tex are semi-interactive. The main
prerequisite for interactivity is fast preview.

 > I also strongly prefer using Free Software, since I can't 
 > include it in my package if it's not (and also on general 
 > principles). 

So do I.  But Adobe is not just another commercial. Adobe is
author ane maintainer of PostScript and PDF on which TeX and MF
now largely depend.  Learning what Adobe applications refuse to
parse is to learn what those standards are *not* at least for
now. The phrase "it's not a bug -- its a feature" applies here.
I suspect MP is a bit out of step with Adobe re fonts --
perhaps because MP was programmed before Adode made some key
decisions.  This is just a guess.

 > Of course, it [Illustrator] may provide a scripting facility...

Yes. But commandline apps are indeed simpler to program.

Cheers

Laurent S.