Re: a2ps -> gv font (deeper problem!)

[David Sanders <debian@sandersweb.net>]

On Monday 30 August 2004 18:02, Brad Sawatzky wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Christophe TROESTLER wrote:
> > When I do "a2ps -Pdisplay <file>" (but not when I send the job to a
> > printer), the font is not right (going over the right margin,
> > superimposing the text in the next column).  Is there a way to correct
> > that?
>
> I've noticed the same problem (had it for at least a week, but I'm not sure
> what triggered it).  I get analogous symptoms with enscript.
>
> To clarify the problem for others:
>   The software (a2ps, enscript) *is* wrapping the lines correctly.  The
>   problem appears when the resulting PS file is rendered (either to screen,
>   or to a printer) using ghostview.  There seems to be a problem with
>   ghostview honoring/mistaking the font size when rendering.  On my debian
>   (sid) machine the text is rendered at a point size ~25% larger than it
>   should be with the leading, etc. having been computed for the (correct)
>   smaller size.  The result is text that is packed to tightly vertically,
>   and seriously over-runs its horizontal boundaries.
>
> It is revealing that I can use enscript to generate a file on my work
> machine and it will render correctly.  If I transfer the same PS file to my
> debian box and view (or print) it there I get the problem with the
> incorrect font sizes (resulting, in this case, with the text from one
> column running into the second column.
>
> The really confusing bit is that both machines report the same version
> string (but different copyright strings?):
> WORK MACHINE (RedHat (mixed flavors), renders correctly)
>  % gs
>  GNU Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-05-17)
>  Copyright (C) 2003 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
>
> HOME MACHINE (debian, sid, doesn't work)
>  % gs
>  ESP Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-07-12)
>  Copyright 2003 artofcode LLC and Easy Software Products, all rights
>  reserved.
>
> So, is there some font handling layer below ghostscript that could be
> screwing this up, or is there a bug in the ESP flavor of gs?
>
> -- Brad
>
> --
> Brad Sawatzky <bds9e@virginia.edu>
> University of Virginia Physics Department
> Ph: (434) 924-6580    Fax: (434) 924-7909

I have:

GPL Ghostscript 8.01 (2004-01-30)
Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.

same problem:

-- 
David Sanders