[gs-bugs] [Bug 690589] New: difference in fontmetrics AFS/UFST on certain fonts

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http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690589

           Summary: difference in fontmetrics AFS/UFST on certain fonts
           Product: GhostPCL
           Version: trunk
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P4
         Component: PCL fonts
        AssignedTo: henry.stiles at artifex.com
        ReportedBy: norbert.janssen at oce.com
         QAContact: gs-bugs at ghostscript.com


When printing attached testfile (metricstest.pcl) with PL_SCALER afs/ufst
you see a difference in the metrics.
AFS has the same metrics as HP LJ.
UFST is too large.

The problem is probably that the font used (Arial in UFST is not recognized as
being a scaling_technology == plfst_TrueType in pctext.c::pcl_get_width()

The fix is to add a check on a few specific typefaces, to be compatible with the
HP LJ.
 static floatp
pcl_get_width(pcl_state_t *pcs, gs_point *advance_vector, const gs_point
*pscale, gs_char chr, bool is_space)
{
    pcl_font_selection_t *  pfp = &(pcs->font_selection[pcs->font_selected]);
    floatp width;
    if (chr != 0xffff) { 
	if (!pfp->params.proportional_spacing || is_space)
	    width = pcl_hmi(pcs);
	else {
	    if ( pcs->font->scaling_technology == plfst_TrueType
#ifdef HP_COMPATIBLE
		    ||
		((pfp->params.typeface_family & 0x0fff) == 218  || /* Arial */
		 (pfp->params.typeface_family & 0x0fff) == 517  || /* Times New Roman */
		 (pfp->params.typeface_family & 0x0fff) == 302  || /* Symbol */
		 (pfp->params.typeface_family & 0x0fff) == 2730    /* Wingdings */
		)
#endif
	       )
	    {
		floatp tmp;
		tmp = pscale->x / (floatp)pcs->uom_cp + 0.5;
		tmp -= fmod(tmp, (floatp)1.0);
		tmp *= (floatp)pcs->uom_cp;
		width = advance_vector->x * tmp;

	    } else
		width = advance_vector->x * pscale->x;
	    width += (floatp)pcs->uom_cp / 2.0;
	    width -= fmod(width, (floatp)pcs->uom_cp);
	}
    } else if (is_space)
	width = pcl_hmi(pcs);
    else
	width = 0.0;
    /* round to nearest integral pcl units */
    return width;
}



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