[softwarelist] Re: pdf, ovation, risc oss

  • From: Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:23:40 +0100

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.

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/

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