General issues
Format of the manuscript
If you are using a text processor for which there are
no templates available, format your paper according to
the IFAC guidelines. Please refer to the full instructions for authors
for the details. If you are in doubt, check with the detailed
instructions booklet.
Use only valid type 1 or True Type fonts
Make sure that you use the times (type 1) or
times new roman (True Type) font for the text
of your paper. You may also need some other fonts,
such as courier or courier new (for
typeset programming code), or Symbol (for
mathematics), but do not use any other fonts apart
from the above ones. Please restrict the character set
of your paper file to the ASCII or the ISO Latin-1 subset.
NOTE: Including
non-standard fonts is one of the primary sources of
poor PDF performance. Please check carefully that your
file does not contain any font which is not included
in the set of allowed fonts
for IFAC manuscripts.
Generating a Postscript or PDF file
from your manuscript
Depending on the platform you are using, it may be
better to start producing a PostScript file and then
convert it to PDF using either
Adobe Acrobat
or
GhostScript. Follow the instructions for your
text processor and tools where applicable.
In some case, it may be easier to submit your
paper as a PostScript file.
Generating a PostScript file
Configure your PostScript driver withe the following parameters:
- Enable Adobe Document Structuring
Conventions (ADSC or just
DSC) (this may be included in a
"optimize for portability" option).
- Select PostScript Level 1.
- ASCII data format.
- Resolution of 600 dpi.
- Enable Page independence.
- Disable job codes (Control-D).
- Send True Type fonts as outlines
Notice that some of the above options may be not
available for your driver.
Do not use font substitution tables or conversion to
built-in printer fonts. If possible, it is better to use
only standard PostScript fonts (such as Times,
Courier, or Symbol) in your manuscript.
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