Bug 693197 - ps2write outputs Type 1 fonts in pfb format
Summary: ps2write outputs Type 1 fonts in pfb format
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ghostscript
Classification: Unclassified
Component: PS Writer (show other bugs)
Version: master
Hardware: All All
: P4 normal
Assignee: Ken Sharp
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Reported: 2012-07-19 16:43 UTC by Chris Liddell (chrisl)
Modified: 2012-07-20 09:30 UTC (History)
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Example file (264.34 KB, application/download)
2012-07-19 16:43 UTC, Chris Liddell (chrisl) 		Details
tentatively proposed patch (2.88 KB, patch)
2012-07-19 16:44 UTC, Chris Liddell (chrisl) 		Details | Diff
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Description Chris Liddell (chrisl) 2012-07-19 16:43:13 UTC 
ps2write outputs Type 1 fonts in the binary pfb format, then ASCII85 encodes the binary data.

There are printers "out there" that can only cope with the ASCII pfa Type 1 format, see:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1025061

Attached PDF, converted through ps2write illustrates the issue.
Comment 1 Chris Liddell (chrisl) 2012-07-19 16:43:45 UTC 
Created attachment 8772 [details]
Example file
Comment 2 Chris Liddell (chrisl) 2012-07-19 16:44:47 UTC 
Created attachment 8773 [details]
tentatively proposed patch
Comment 3 Ken Sharp 2012-07-20 09:30:55 UTC 
Fixed in commit 01dc18e8418fc44a993840f0aeaf741929c1921a

by adopting the patch (mostly).