Hi, Sorry forst of all for the delay in responding.
At 16:00 -0400 on 2011-4-19 Alexander Hansen wrote: > > On 4/17/11 1:22 PM, Stefan Bruda wrote: > > > > I have a problem with the way xpdf handles images while printing, > > including Type 3 fonts. Specifically, none of these print; I get > > instead blobs with no meaning. Here is an example > > <http://turing.ubishops.ca/misc/vpl-closure-1.ps>, please look at the > > 13th row of the second column, where the blob is supposed to be a > > \boldsymbol{\mathfrak{a}}. The same problem shows with any kind of > > image (as far as I know). It does not make any difference whether I > > print to a file or a Postscript printer (I don't have any other > > printers so I am not sure whether non-Postscript printers behave the > > same). > > > > This all used to work fine awhile ago and I am not sure what I did in > > the meantime; in fact I am not aware that I did anything else than the > > normal upgrading through fink (and also Software Update). I am sure > > that the problem is elsewhere than in xpdf, as the two most recent > > versions both had the same problem. Trouble is, I have no idea which > > is the culprit (and what to try). > > > > I am not sure what other information is pertinent but I will of course > > answer any questions you might have on the matter. I am running an up > > to date (as of yesterday) fink tree with fink 0.29.21 (x86_64) on Mac > > OS 10.6.7, Xcode 3.2.6. > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > Stefan > > > > P.S. I hope posting to fink-devel is appropriate (given that this is > > listed as contact for xpdf); if not I apologize for the noise. > > Can you send out an example of a pdf file that has the problem? (or > perhaps a TeX source file)? Any LaTeX with Type 3 fonts will do. For example: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{bbm} \begin{document} \Large $\mathbbm{N}$ \end{document} I made it \Large to make it easier on the eyes, the crux here is that \mathbbm{N} gets to be a Type 3 font. All the bitmapped images (in any document, not necessarily produced by LaTeX) have the same problem. EPS images (included in LaTeX documents) are alright. Apparently everything bitmapped gets to be a blob. I have generated a PDF from the document above which can be found at <http://turing.ubishops.ca/misc/aa.pdf>. The corresponding Postscript as produced by Xpdf is <http://turing.ubishops.ca/misc/aa.ps>. Many thanks again, Stefan -- If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass No HTML emails and proprietary attachments please <http://bruda.ca/email.html> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fulfilling the Lean Software Promise Lean software platforms are now widely adopted and the benefits have been demonstrated beyond question. Learn why your peers are replacing JEE containers with lightweight application servers - and what you can gain from the move. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfemails _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
