Bug 688000

Summary: PDF writer produces misplaced characters
Product: Ghostscript Reporter: David Keeffe <david>
Component: PDF WriterAssignee: Igor Melichev <igor.melichev>
Status: NOTIFIED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 8.50   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
Customer: Word Size: ---
Attachments: EPS which produces bad PDF
PDF from given EPS, from GS7.07
PDF from given EPS, from GS8.15
PDF from given EPS, from GS8.50
attachment-.ps

Description David Keeffe 2005-03-22 17:59:28 UTC 
GS8.50 produces PDF output which views strangely with a number of viewers.
I have attached an EPS, produced by Acrobat 6 from an InDesign-produced PDF.

When distilled by gs7.07, the PDF (attached) has distorted character sizes, and
looks the same viewed by xpdf and gs.

When distilled by gs8.15, the PDF (attached) has even more distorted character
sizes.

When distilled by gs8.50 the PDF (attached) has yet worse placement and
character sizes. 

Viewing with xpdf and gs indicate the same symptoms.
Viewing the original EPS with GS produces good output.
Comment 1 David Keeffe 2005-03-22 18:01:01 UTC 
Created attachment 1259 [details]
EPS which produces bad PDF

This EPS is what produced bad PDF as described in the bug filing.
It's output from Acrobat 6.
Comment 2 David Keeffe 2005-03-22 18:01:59 UTC 
Created attachment 1260 [details]
PDF from given EPS, from GS7.07
Comment 3 David Keeffe 2005-03-22 18:02:34 UTC 
Created attachment 1261 [details]
PDF from given EPS, from GS8.15
Comment 4 David Keeffe 2005-03-22 18:03:04 UTC 
Created attachment 1262 [details]
PDF from given EPS, from GS8.50
Comment 5 David Keeffe 2005-03-22 18:05:22 UTC 
I got hold of the orginal PDF from InDesign, and converted it to PS using Xpdf's
 pdftops (v3). That PS allowed GS to produce good PDF. 

However, I don't think that using pdftops is possible in the current workflow.
Comment 6 Jack Moffitt 2005-03-23 07:29:16 UTC 
I can confirm the problem with CVS HEAD also.
Comment 7 Igor Melichev 2005-04-26 10:48:03 UTC 
With the current HEAD the result is better, but it still has a problem with 
the character size and placement in the phone number.
Comment 8 Igor Melichev 2005-04-27 01:49:45 UTC 
Created attachment 1346 [details]
attachment-.ps

A simplified test file to reproduce the problem with GS HEAD.