Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince
My version of Ubuntu: > $ lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 8.04.2 > Release: 8.04 My version of evince: > $ apt-cache policy evince > evince: > Installed: 2.22.2-0ubuntu2 > Candidate: 2.22.2-0ubuntu2 > Version table: > *** 2.22.2-0ubuntu2 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu1 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages PDFs which specify the basefont of "Courier" are displayed with an oblique typeface which is not at all a good substitute. It looks radically different from the Courier displayed by xpdf, gv, and Adobe Acrobat. What I expected: a font which looks like "Courier." I plan to attach a PDF "rfc3513.txt.pdf" which demonstrates the problem, as well as two Evince screenshots and a screenshot from gv and xpdf respectively. Gv and xpdf do not have beautiful fonts, but they are correct. Adobe Acrobat Reader uses a good looking font. (I haven't enclosed a screenshot, but Reader is a good reference for what it should look like if you have one handy.) This is the relevant font description line from the above PDF: > <</Type/Font/Name/R6/Subtype/Type1/BaseFont/Courier>> The problem may be with poppler or with fontconfig since they are used by Evince. However, I haven't been able to prove either of them to be the culprit. The problem is only visible in Evince. My guess is that this will be an easy configuration fix. I believe Evince just needs to not oblique the font and not embolden it and it will be correct -- but I haven't been able to figure out how that is configured. The font Evince is very closely related to "Nimbus Mono L" except it is oblique by 10 degrees (I measured it) and it looks bolder than it should be. Looking through the font-config configuration files in /etc/fonts suggests that "Nimbus Mono L" is what fontconfig recommends for "Courier." Also, see: > $ fc-match courier > n022003l.pfb: "Nimbus Mono L" "Regular" This is the file where the font appears: /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n022003l.pfb For cross reference, in oowriter the "Courier 10 Pitch" font if the "tilted A" button is pushed looks almost exactly the same. This is the version of fontconfig I'm using: > $ apt-cache policy fontconfig > fontconfig: > Installed: 2.5.0-2ubuntu3 > Candidate: 2.5.0-2ubuntu3 > Version table: > *** 2.5.0-2ubuntu3 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: evince (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Evince displays wrong font for PDF Courier basefont https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327757 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
