Hi folks,

I use Mathematica to generate EPS graphics which I then want to
annotate in Adobe Illustrator.

Details:
Mathematica 5 on Mac OSX (10.3.2)
Adobe Illustrator CS (11.0)
Adobe Distiller (6.0.1)

I exported a Mathematica graphic as an EPS file with the fonts
embedded, which can be found here:
<http://kc144.dyndns.org/~kevin/plot-FontIncl.eps.gz>
It was converted to PDF using Preview.app (image viewer that ships w/
OSX) and is found here:
<http://kc144.dyndns.org/~kevin/plot-FontIncl.pdf>

I can open the EPS file using Illustrator, but parentheses, minus
signs and greek text don't show up properly. This seems odd as
Illustrator can see the Mathematica fonts. (For those who speak Mac
OSX: Mathematica.dfont installed in ~/Library/Fonts and the fonts are
accessible from within Illustrator. This dfont contains all the
mathematica fonts in TrueType format). Opening the PDF results in "To
preserve appearance, some text has been outlined." Things are better,
but the greek letter nu (v) with a tilde (~) on top shows up as a question
mark. (I thought it would convert those to an outline.)

Then I thought Illustrator would be happy if it opened up a PDF
created by its cousin Distiller. The resulting PDF file has the right
fonts, but now the bounding box is wrong. I'm using the Standard
presets for Distiller which, according to the documentation, uses the
%%BoundingBox comment to determine the page size of the PDF. Opening
this PDF in Illustrator still gives a question mark for the nu with a
tilde on top.

I also tried the same excercise but with an EPS file that did not
include the Mathematica fonts. Import to Illustrator resulted in
Courier being substituted for many characters. Why when it can see
the Mma fonts?

And even if I get this font problem resolved, it looks as if I'll need
to manually set the page dimensions from within Illustrator. I assumed
that by opening the EPS file, the canvas size would be automatically
set to what was in the %%BoundingBox comment.

So is this a problem with the Mathematica-generated postscript file or
did the Adobe, the authors of postscript, supply flakey PS parsers in
their Illustrator and Distiller programs? Or have I completely missed
something?

First time poster, so my apologies if this isn't the right forum for
this question.

Thanks,

Kevin