[softwarelist] Re: pdf, ovation, risc oss

In message of 7 Apr, Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 7 Apr, Martin Wuerthner wrote in message
>   <e0eef3134e.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Speaking of PDF generation: I have just ported GhostScript 8.50 to  RISC
> > OS, which improves PDF generation based on !ps2pdf or PrintPDF  quite a
> > bit. For instance, in contrast to the current RISC OS port  (version
> > 7.03), GhostScript 8.50 no longer converts text in  non-Publisher fonts
> > (i.e., fonts without a Type-1 file, which appear  as Type-3 fonts in the
> > PostScript file) to bitmaps.
> 
> Thanks -- that's great news.  The lack of a more up-to-date version of
> GhostScript than 7.03 had stopped me implementing a number of requested
> improvements to PrintPDF; hopefully this will no longer be an issue.

Amd that too is great news for a favourite utility.

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