Postscript from TeX bafflement

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From: Ralph Finch
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1991 20:51

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I'm trying to print the Gnu elisp manual, v. 1.03.  I generate a
postscript file from the elisp.dvi, and occasionally characters in
subtitles drop out.  For instance, on p. 100, the subtitle which
should print as


8.2  Kinds of Forms


instead is printed as


8.2 in s of Forms


The postscript fragment is shown below:

431 1230 p m (1)  s
cmbx12.300 @sf
0 1460 p m (8.2) 35 (Kinds) 24 (of) 23 (F) -5 (orms)  ks 


The info version seems fine.  Can somebody more knowledgable about
postscript than I figure out what's happening?  I'll gladly email the
entire example postscript file to anybody who wants a shot at it (it's
of page 100 of the manual, 38k).  This is with:

dvi2ps version 3.1, TeX version 2.95, texinfo.tex version 2.30, Sun
SS2, tried on both an Apple Laserwriter II and a Sparc printer.

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