[Scribus] Problem opening pdf file under gsview32, strange fonts

Gregory Pittman gpittman
Wed Apr 23 23:07:17 CEST 2008


Martin Kempf IBEF wrote:
> Gregory Pittman a ?crit :
>   
>> Martin Kempf IBEF wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> When I open a scribus generated pdf file under ghostview (windows), it's 
>>> fonts are changed in some strange language, numbers are exchanged etc. 
>>> Very strange. Like extraterrestral...  :-)
>>>
>>> It this a known issue? I have svn version several weeks old, ghostview 
>>> latest version on XP. And all fonts are strange...
>>> Under Acrobat no problem ...
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> Sounds like you did not embed the fonts...
>>
>>   
>>     
> Yes of course, this problem occures when the font is embedded, when it's 
> outlined, it's fine (because it's an "image").
>   
Then it must be something about the font ghostview doesn't like, so it 
substitutes generic fonts - if it's OK in Adobe Reader, then it's a 
ghostview issue.

Greg



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