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Article #496Re: Font non-problem, plus news distribution problem
From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:23
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:23
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Re <9211120351.AA16237@raisin-nut> <199211112200.AA24721@ra.cs.umb.edu>: > There is only one problem with this approach. The font metrics for the > Charter font family is not the same as that of Times. > > Well, that's a good point. Unfortunately, the default metrics for > Ghostscript's Times fonts are not the same as Adobe's, which is probably > whose metrics most people are using. (The Metrics entry in the font > dictionary has the Adobe metrics, though, I believe.) The Metrics entry in the font dictionary does have the Adobe metrics, and as far as I know, Ghostscript uses them when rendering. L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; voice 415-322-0103 ; fax 322-1734 "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!aladdin.COM!ghost From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Subject: Re: Font non-problem, plus news distribution problem Message-ID: <9211112023.2.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Distribution: gnu Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:23:19 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 21