Re: fonts

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On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 06:24:09PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 01:00:39PM -0700, user list wrote:
> > I'm sure this is an old question but gv and ghostview give me the
> > following error when I try to load a file with an .eps graphics file
> > embedded
> 
> What do you mean a "file" with an eps graphic embedded?  This *is* a
> PostScript[tm] or PDF file, no?
I used latex and embedded an .eps file inside the postscript. 
>  
> > Error: /invalidfontAladdin Ghostscript: Unrecoverable error, exit code
> > 1 in findfont Operand stack: --nostringval--   --nostringval--   6
> > --nostringval--   Helvetica-Bold   Font   Helvetica-Bold   265146
> > Helvetica-Bold   --nostringval--   Helvetica-Bold   NimbusSanL-Bold
> > Execution stack: %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--
> > --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push
> > --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1
> > %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--
> > --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_
> > 
> > This doesn't happen with the gnome-gv, so the font is somewhere. How
> > do I find it and how do I point to it?
> 
> It's weird that it doesn't happen with gnome-gv, since they all use
> "ghostscript" to render the postscript.  Since Helvetica-Bold should be
> a "built-in" font with ghostscript, I suspect your (a) missing the font
> or font metrics for some reason, (b) your /etc/gs.Fontmap is somehow
> messed up, or (c) your PostScript is badly formed.  It may be possible
> to get GV to render it by turning off the -dNOPLATFONTS in GV's
> GhostScript options.  If the PostScript is bad, you might be able to fix
> it up with one of the "fixps" utilities.
> 
> -- 
> Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
> 
> 
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