Solving PSFRAG for PDFs in LaTeX

[xanmas]

Hi,

Let me preface my question by saying, I'm not sure if this is the right section but it seemed to be the most fitting. If it isn't, please move it, and I apologize for the inconvenience.

So the issue is that the professor that I am working with and I are getting ready to publish a paper. Well, I used gnuplot to generate the graphs and then imported them into the latex document and use psfrag to replace various parts of the postscript file with the pretty latex fonts. However, the journal of physical chemistry doesn't accept postscript files for graphics, they require it to be done as pdf graphics. The problem is that the psfrag package doesn't work with pdfs and I cannot find any such package to replace parts of the pdf to make use of the pretty latex fonts. If there is no easy solution, is there an alternative to gnuplot that works well on mac os?

 

[berkeman]

Thread moved to Math & Science Software -- hopefully you'll get some good replies in here. Here is a comment from Astronuc:

We use Adobe Acrobat 8 to convert ps files to pdf. I also converts MS Word files to pdf. On can then copy the graph in the pdf file and paste it as some other format, e.g. bmp.

Welcome to the PF!

 

[oswaler]

As a fellow scientist, I understand the frustration of encountering compatibility issues when preparing a paper for publication. In this case, the best solution would be to find an alternative to psfrag that works with PDFs. There are a few options available, such as the pstool package or the pdfrack package, which can both be used to replace parts of a PDF with LaTeX fonts. You may also consider using a different plotting software that is compatible with PDFs, such as Matplotlib or R. It may take some extra effort to switch to a new software, but it will ensure that your graphics are accepted by the journal. I hope this helps and good luck with your publication.