Bug 691910

Summary:	Cannot copy text from PDF, after PS->PDF conversion
Product:	Ghostscript	Reporter:	Mike <mlungu777>
Component:	PDF Writer	Assignee:	Ken Sharp <ken.sharp>
Status:	NOTIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	master
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Customer:	631	Word Size:	---
Attachments:	Postscript file PDF file created with GS Head

Description Mike 2011-01-26 00:20:28 UTC

When converting the attached Postscript file into PDF with GS Head, text from the rezulting PDF file cannot be copied - when selecting and copying it from Adobe Reader i get garbage. It works fine in GS9.0 and older versions.

Comment 1 Mike 2011-01-26 00:21:16 UTC

Created attachment 7153 [details]
Postscript file

Comment 2 Mike 2011-01-26 00:21:52 UTC

Created attachment 7154 [details]
PDF file created with GS Head

Comment 3 Ken Sharp 2011-01-26 07:53:26 UTC

This is due to the removal of Encodings from Symbolic TrueType fonts, in order to conform to the specification.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 691907 ***