[magick-users] convert is bitmapping my fonts during PS -> EPS conversion

[brycenesbitt]

Anthony Thyssen wrote:
> 
> ImageMagick is NOT designed for vector formats like these...
> ...You can do it but it will come out blocky.
> If you still want to do it add a higher -denstity setting first..
> 
>    convert -density 600 foo.ai foo.eps
> 
> Where 600 is the output resolution of your printer or other device.
> 
> NOTE your postscript file will probably be very BIG.
> 
> You are better of getting Illustrator to convert to postscript
> instead, as it will generate vector postscript.
> 

The problem is that Illustrator is not scriptable in this way, so converting
200 images once a month is too much work.

But ImageMagick is doing much more than simple rasterization.  When I
convert to EPS I get a fully vector result... complete with splines and
paths.  Only the font glyphs have been rasterized, one bitmap per character.

And the density flag has no effect:
> convert -density 100 podmaps/map_1_p.ai map_1_p_100.eps
> convert -density 600 podmaps/map_1_p.ai map_1_p_600eps
> ls -la
-rw-r--r-- 1 bryce users 10090 2007-02-15 09:13 map_1_p_600.eps
-rw-r--r-- 1 bryce users 10090 2007-02-15 09:12 map_1_p_100.eps

So the question remains: how can one control the font rasterization
separately from the vector conversion to EPS.  Or, where can I find another
AI to EPS tool (and yes, I have tried pstoedit, which is unmaintained and
broken).
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