[tex-k] dvips -P download35 bug

[Thomas J. Kacvinsky]

Run dvips with -G0 and see how you fare...

Tom

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, George D Watt wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using teTeX 2.0.2 in IRIX 6.5.22 which uses dvips(k) 5.92b.
>
> When I process the the plain TeX file t.tex:
>
>
> \input epsfx
> \nopagenumbers
> %
> \font\ss=phvr at 10pt
> \centerline{\ss Bare Hull Total Pressure Coefficient}
> \bigskip
> \centerline{\epsfxsize=.3\hsize\eps{test.eps}}
> \bye
>
>
> which inputs the test.eps file:
>
>
> %!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-1.2
> %%BoundingBox: 25 295 221 316
> %%DocumentNeededResources: font Helvetica Symbol
> %%IncludeResource: font Helvetica Symbol
> /Helvetica findfont 20 scalefont setfont
>   25 300 moveto (Total Pressure, ) show
> /Symbol findfont 20 scalefont setfont (b ) show
> /Helvetica findfont 20 scalefont setfont
>   (= 20) show
> showpage
>
>
> and then try to embed the fonts in the ps file with:
>
> dvips -P download35 t
>
> I loose the Helvetica fonts in the included eps file.  This problem goes
> away when:
>
> - \ss is deleted from the first \centerline construct in t.tex,
>
> - I do not embed the fonts: use either "dvips -P builtin35 t" or "dvips
> -j0 t".
>
> (I have psfonts.map setup to "download35" the ps fonts by default.)  But,
> of course, neither of these two options gives me what I want.
>
> Do you know of a workaround for this problem?
>
> Regards,
> George
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