> > No, not a 100% corresponding release. I have the -G1 fix for dvips and > > the "downgrade update" for Omega (1.15 is the best version currently > > available, the TeX Live version is not that stable). > > What is "the -G1 fix for dvips"?
The -G1 option in dvips (can be activated on the commandline or in a config file; typically it is enabled in config.pdf) turn on a feature named "character shifting". This works around bugs in various other software, by shifting characters of a font to the "upper" area of a font. This works well e.g. with CM fonts, but it fails if the upper slots are not free in the font. Example: $ cat x.tex \font\x=ptmr7t\x fi\end $ tex x; dvips -G1 x -o The fi ligature appears as some other character when a broken dvips is used. The new fix (dvips(k) 5.90a or later) checks on a per font basis if character shifting is possible. Thomas
