That’s a possibility. Interesting. I’ll give it a go when I’m more awake. Thanks Richard
Sean Cole Pi Digital > On 4 Dec 2020, at 06:16, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Sean Cole wrote: >> I've got a CentOS7 server that I am printing reports from as PDFs. No >> matter which font or style I use I get occasional anomalies where >> characters from words get placed over each other like a kerning issue gone >> mental. >> Bad rendering: >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/v09vacw8x3873qh/Screenshot%202020-12-04%20at%2005.53.47.png?dl=0 >> Good rendering: >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehbdofm3nusgzyh/Screenshot%202020-12-04%20at%2005.54.08.png?dl=0 >> It's very random. Sometimes it's ok. the next report will come out bad. >> There's no real pattern I can identify. I've been going at it for a few >> days trying different font types and styles but they are all very hit and >> miss. I can't work out if it is Cairo, Cups or something else. From the >> print card dialogue I get the same issue. I'm so tired and frustrated from >> trying to sort it out. Anyone have a fix/workaround/suggestion? > > It's been a while since I've seen that, but when I did it was with an older > stack brought forward through many versions to v9. > > IIRC I replaced the fields that showed the issue one by one until the problem > went away. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
