Hi I have an issue with fonts in some graphics files embedded by dvips that are not displaying correctly in the postscript written by dvips. The issue is fixed using dvips -j0. Not sure if this is a dvips bug or a problem with my graphics file. I could provide a simple test case if anyone could help. Thanks Roderick Johnstone
On 2012-01-13 at 11:10:36 +0000, Roderick Johnstone wrote: > Hi > > I have an issue with fonts in some graphics files embedded by dvips > that are not displaying correctly in the postscript written by > dvips. The issue is fixed using dvips -j0. > > Not sure if this is a dvips bug or a problem with my graphics > file. I could provide a simple test case if anyone could help. Yes, a simple test case would be helpful. Regards, Reinhard -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-3373112 Marschnerstr. 25 D-30167 Hannover mailto:reinhard.kotucha@... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
On 01/13/2012 03:10 AM, Roderick Johnstone wrote: > Hi > > I have an issue with fonts in some graphics files embedded by dvips that > are not displaying correctly in the postscript written by dvips. The > issue is fixed using dvips -j0. > > Not sure if this is a dvips bug or a problem with my graphics file. I > could provide a simple test case if anyone could help. > > Thanks > > Roderick Johnstone > > If the fonts are contained in the graphics file, DVIPS cannot reach in to manage and revise any subsetting done by the graphics program. There is no guarantee that DVIPS would even have access to those fonts, but in your instance it clearly did. So DVIPS did its own subsetting, and the arbitrary list of subset references did not happen to be the same as the one embedded in the graphic. When you use -j0, you turn off subsetting altogether and embed the entire font in the PS file. That leaves only the subset already supplied for the graphics file, and there is no confusion. For many years I had to do that with the Monotype Superfont for Times Roman, because its subsetting conflicted with another Times Roman font in the same document. Pierre MacKay(Continue reading)
On 2012-01-13 at 12:25:16 -0800, Pierre MacKay wrote: > On 01/13/2012 03:10 AM, Roderick Johnstone wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have an issue with fonts in some graphics files embedded by dvips that > > are not displaying correctly in the postscript written by dvips. The > > issue is fixed using dvips -j0. > > > > Not sure if this is a dvips bug or a problem with my graphics file. I > > could provide a simple test case if anyone could help. > > > > Thanks > > > > Roderick Johnstone > > > > > If the fonts are contained in the graphics file, DVIPS cannot reach in > to manage and revise any subsetting done by the graphics program. Does dvips make any attempt to subset fonts in external graphics files at all unless they contain something described in section 5.1.6. of the dvips manual? Regards, Reinhard -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-3373112(Continue reading)
I do not believe it does. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha@...> wrote: > On 2012-01-13 at 12:25:16 -0800, Pierre MacKay wrote: > > > On 01/13/2012 03:10 AM, Roderick Johnstone wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I have an issue with fonts in some graphics files embedded by dvips that > > > are not displaying correctly in the postscript written by dvips. The > > > issue is fixed using dvips -j0. > > > > > > Not sure if this is a dvips bug or a problem with my graphics file. I > > > could provide a simple test case if anyone could help. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Roderick Johnstone > > > > > > > > If the fonts are contained in the graphics file, DVIPS cannot reach in > > to manage and revise any subsetting done by the graphics program. > > Does dvips make any attempt to subset fonts in external graphics files > at all unless they contain something described in section 5.1.6. of > the dvips manual? > > Regards, > Reinhard(Continue reading)
On 01/13/2012 04:27 PM, Reinhard Kotucha wrote: > On 2012-01-13 at 12:25:16 -0800, Pierre MacKay wrote: > > > On 01/13/2012 03:10 AM, Roderick Johnstone wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I have an issue with fonts in some graphics files embedded by dvips that > > > are not displaying correctly in the postscript written by dvips. The > > > issue is fixed using dvips -j0. > > > > > > Not sure if this is a dvips bug or a problem with my graphics file. I > > > could provide a simple test case if anyone could help. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Roderick Johnstone > > > > > > > > If the fonts are contained in the graphics file, DVIPS cannot reach in > > to manage and revise any subsetting done by the graphics program. > > Does dvips make any attempt to subset fonts in external graphics files > at all unless they contain something described in section 5.1.6. of > the dvips manual? > > Regards, > Reinhard > That was my point, I don't think it can do so or does do so, but the phenomenon mentioned by Roderick Johnstone matches the effect of(Continue reading)
On 14/01/12 00:43, Pierre MacKay wrote: > On 01/13/2012 04:27 PM, Reinhard Kotucha wrote: >> On 2012-01-13 at 12:25:16 -0800, Pierre MacKay wrote: >> >> > On 01/13/2012 03:10 AM, Roderick Johnstone wrote: >> > > Hi >> > > >> > > I have an issue with fonts in some graphics files embedded by >> dvips that >> > > are not displaying correctly in the postscript written by >> dvips. The >> > > issue is fixed using dvips -j0. >> > > >> > > Not sure if this is a dvips bug or a problem with my graphics >> file. I >> > > could provide a simple test case if anyone could help. >> > > >> > > Thanks >> > > >> > > Roderick Johnstone >> > > >> > > >> > If the fonts are contained in the graphics file, DVIPS cannot >> reach in >> > to manage and revise any subsetting done by the graphics program. >> >> Does dvips make any attempt to subset fonts in external graphics files >> at all unless they contain something described in section 5.1.6. of >> the dvips manual? >>(Continue reading)
On Sa, 14 Jan 2012, Roderick Johnstone wrote:
> Before we updated to Fedora 16 we were using the stock texlive-2007 in
> Fedora 14 and we did not see this problem.
Because AFAIR there the -j0 was the default ...
The problem is well known and not directly solvable without hacking
a lot of dvips.
So simply *edit* the config.ps file and change to use j0 always.
Best wishes
Norbert
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On 14/01/12 09:59, Norbert Preining wrote: > On Sa, 14 Jan 2012, Roderick Johnstone wrote: >> Before we updated to Fedora 16 we were using the stock texlive-2007 in >> Fedora 14 and we did not see this problem. > > Because AFAIR there the -j0 was the default ... > The problem is well known and not directly solvable without hacking > a lot of dvips. > > So simply *edit* the config.ps file and change to use j0 always. > Thanks, thats what I've done. I hadn't realized the default had changed. Roderick
Roderick Johnstone <rmj@...> wrote: > I hadn't realized the default had changed. remember that jindrich's stuff hasn't been "formally" released. "j0" is an evil recognition of an evil effect of the old tex font layouts. the world would a better place if it weren't necessary. there's a reasonable argument to say that users should be "required" to understand it, and to use it only when necessary -- this is, in effect, what jindrich has done. i would hesitate to do such a thing ... but then i'm only indirectly involved in putting distributions together. (even though i've expunged -j0 from my own processes.) r
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