Errors in Gnuplot figures after converting DVI to PS/PDF

Question

I use Gnuplot to generate my figures (with "set terminal postscript eps"). When I insert the figures into my LaTeX document and compile it using the standard compiler latex(?), everything looks fine. However, when I convert the DVI file to PS (and subsequently to PDF), a lot of things are missing -- letters, labels, axes -- see example screenshot:

For example, the outermost bars have a label with a number, the bar titles are supposed to be "majority" and "entropy", and so on.

What could be the issue? Font problem? Version problem?

Answer 1

There is a possibility to compile your document directly to a pdf. The compiler is called pdflatex. There you need the package epstopdf which has to come after the package graphicx for correct compilation of your eps graphics. You have to hand over to the compiler the statement pdflatex --shell-escape. Maybe you need also to add --enable-write18.

MWE:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf}

\begin{document}

\includegraphics{test.eps}

\end{document}