Bug 691287

Summary: PDF looks different on Reader and gs
Product: Ghostscript Reporter: Alex Cherepanov <alex>
Component: PDF WriterAssignee: Ken Sharp <ken.sharp>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P4    
Version: master   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows NT   
Customer: Word Size: ---

Description Alex Cherepanov 2010-05-08 02:17:01 UTC
PDF file created by
    ps2pdf -dEPSCrop comparefiles/ShadowText.eps foo.pdf
looks different on Acrobat Reader (v. 8 or 5) from the
source EPS file. Overprint Preview option has has no effect
on the rendering.

Ghostscript shows the same PDF file similar to the source
EPS file.
Comment 1 Ken Sharp 2010-09-28 13:28:14 UTC
Another issue with using FreeType, set -dDisableFAPI to true and the problem goes away. 

There are two other similar reports which are 'probably' the same issue, I believe these are all problems with type 3 fonts using type 1 fonts to generate special effects. They may all be Quark XPress files (this one certainly is), a noted offender in this area.
Comment 2 Ken Sharp 2010-10-15 15:41:09 UTC
Fixed in revision 11617, patch here:

http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-October/011845.html