Bug 691910 - Cannot copy text from PDF, after PS->PDF conversion
Summary: Cannot copy text from PDF, after PS->PDF conversion
Status: NOTIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 691907
Alias: None
Product: Ghostscript
Classification: Unclassified
Component: PDF Writer (show other bugs)
Version: master
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal
Assignee: Ken Sharp
URL:
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-01-26 00:20 UTC by Mike
Modified: 2011-10-02 02:35 UTC (History)
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Postscript file (160.21 KB, application/postscript)
2011-01-26 00:21 UTC, Mike 		Details
PDF file created with GS Head (15.41 KB, application/pdf)
2011-01-26 00:21 UTC, Mike 		Details
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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 ***