[gs-bugs] [Bug 690220] New: Ghostscript does not reproduce bold text correctly when converting PostScript output of OpenOffice to PDF

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http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690220

           Summary: Ghostscript does not reproduce bold text correctly when
                    converting PostScript output of OpenOffice to PDF
           Product: Ghostscript
           Version: HEAD
          Platform: All
               URL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+b
                    ug/314018
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P4
         Component: PDF Writer
        AssignedTo: ken.sharp at artifex.com
        ReportedBy: till.kamppeter at gmail.com
         QAContact: gs-bugs at ghostscript.com


See

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/314018

If one prints from OpenOffice.org, the application produces PostScript data.
Ubuntu Intrepid uses a PDF printing workflow and therefore CUPS converts it to
PDF using Ghostscript. The bold letters appear completely distorted on the
printout. To prove that really the PS->PDF conversion of GS is the culprit (and
not for example the printer driver) simply print to a file from OpenOffice.org
(with the "Generic Printer", if this printer does not appear, stop CUPS and
restart OpenOffice.org) and then do

ps2pdf out.ps

out.pdf shows the distorted bold text. I attach a sample PostScript file
generated with OpenOffice.org. So you can also test without having
OpenOffice.org handy.

The text is completely distorted with GS 8.63. It comes out normal instead of
bold with GS 8.64 (HEAD of SVN), so there is still a fix needed for 8.64.



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