Re: [Groff] Doubly slanted Greek in PDF

[Robert D. Goulding]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Alejandro Lopez-Valencia wrote:

> At 08:41 p.m. 07/04/2003, Chuck Martin wrote:
> >On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 04:03:39PM -0500, Alejandro Lopez-Valencia wrote:
> > > At 02:16 p.m. 07/04/2003, Robert D. Goulding wrote:
> > > >Minimal document:
> > > >
> > > >.EQ
> > > >alpha beta gamma
> > > >.EN
> > >
> > > I cannot reproduce the problem, either with GNU GS 7.05 in PDF 1.2, 1.3 or
> > > 1.4 mode, nor with JawsPDF 2.1.1 in 1.3 mode.
> >
> >That's funny.  I'm seeing it with both gs 7.05 and gv 3.5.8, included with
> >Slackware 8.1.  I've captured the three characters as they appear on my
> >screen in both gs and gv with xv as .png files, which I'm attaching.
>

Is this GNU or AFPL?  (I'm assuming Slackware would include only the GNU
GPL'ed version).

>
> Then the obvious question is: Are you using the latest CVS snapshot of
> groff 1.18.2 that contains all known bug fixes, including whole new font
> metrics for most device drivers?
>
> I am and it makes a world of difference. ;-)
>

I'm using the latest CVS.  This can't be a metric problem, since it
affects only the *glyph outlines*; it has something (I think) to do with
the way the gs pdf device interprets the postscript prologue in
symbolsl.pfa.  So far we have

                Double-slanted Greek

GNU gs 6.53             N
GNU gs 7.05             Y&N (!)
AFPL gs 8.00            Y

<sigh> Every time I upgrade from gs 6.53, something sends me scurrying
back before long: This time I lasted a whole 3 weeks with AFPL 8.00...

R.