Re: Proposed workaround for apparent ghostscript (>= 8.11) bug

[Werner LEMBERG]

> To recapitulate the issue: When I process a file with ghostscript 8.x 
> (8.13 or 8.14) installed, the horizontal metrics of all characters in 
> the PDF output are messed up and the characters are squished together. 
> The PS file from the same run, however, looks OK, whether I look at it 
> with Apple Preview or with gs.

BTW, this is still true for gs 8.30; I've reported this about a month
ago to the ghostscript people (and I asked again today) without any
reaction. :-(

  http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=687615

> The workaround I've adopted for lilypond on MacOS, and which I'm 
> proposing to roll into lilypond, is to change the above reencoding 
> pattern to

It is very good that you've found a workaround!  I've checked it in.


    Werner