Re @Cerin's workaround, I didn't have any other PDF options other than Cairo (on 14.04 and dia 0.97.2) I went and manually installed the latest .debs from 16.04, and they fix the printing issues. Here's what I did:
Download the amd64 .deb from these URLs: * http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/dia-common/download * http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/dia-libs/download * http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/dia/download sudo dpkg -i dia-common*.deb sudo dpkg -i dia-libs*.deb sudo dpkg -i dia*.deb Now, I can print to PDF without any kerning issues. I think this really needs to be sent back to 14.04 somehow, probably from the general updates repo. According to the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports page, this probably doesn't fall into the normal backports category since 0.97.3 doesn't provide any new features (I haven't checked, assuming so). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to dia in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463078 Title: Dia export to Cairo PNG causes mangled text fonts Status in dia package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: dia Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 dia 0.97-2 dia-common 0.97-2 dia-libs 0.97-2 libcairo2 1.8.8-2ubuntu1 libfreetype6 2.3.9-5 libpango1.0-0 1.26.0-1 libpango1.0-common 1.26.0-1 Method to demonstrate: load the file "text.dia" then export to PNG using Cairo and export to PNG using Pixbuf -- the character layout has a strange gap in the Cairo output. Note that output PNG files are also attached to this bug report, and this problem happens with various other more complex dia outputs as well as this simple example. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dia/+bug/463078/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
