Bug#50247: might be solvable
> When I try to prepare this short document for conversion to pdf, the
> ligatures are broken:
>
> ###- testit.tex -----------------------------------------------
> \documentclass{article}
>
> \usepackage{times}
> \begin{document}
> Diffusionskoeffizient (diffusion coefficient)
>
> ffl fl ff fi ffi
> \end{document}
> ###------------------------------------------------------------
>
> $ latex testit.tex
> $ dvips -Ppdf -o testit.ps testit.dvi
>
> Instead of the ligatures, the ps file displays:
> a British Pound sign for "fi" and a compass rosette for "fl".
> An excerpt of the generated ps follows (note the \244 and \243
> "letters").
Well I tested this problem with the above testit.tex and
got the same result.
I investigated the problem and found the following.
In /etc/texmf/dvips/config.pdf(or /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.pdf)
it is stated as;
---------------------------------------------
% Character shifting. You want to do this using the BlueSky/AMS/Y&Y fonts.
% It remaps certain ``control character'' positions to an another range
% where these characters are repeated. This option is compatible (and will
% have no effect on) standard Adobe or other Type 1 fonts that do not use
% to problematic positions. It is INCOMPATIBLE with any fonts that use
% these control character positions but that DO NOT repeat them in the
% exact same way as the BlueSky/... fonts. I don't know of any, but I
% haven't even tested this with BaKoMa fonts.
G
---------------------------------------------
and I tested with changing
%G
(i.e. commented out 'G') then it seems the ligatures are correct.
To tell the truth, I do not know so well about fonts so
I am not sure but this might be a solution.
Regards, 2000.7.27
--
Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>
Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.
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