[pdftex] AR 5 not working with pdftex?

[Robert Howlett]

Y&Y Support wrote:
> 
> It should be pointed out that these "problems" with Acrobat
> are not universal, but a function of how the PDF is produced.
> For example, we don't see any of these problems
> with PDF from Y&Y TeX and Distiller 4.0 or Distiller 5.0.

Since Distiller is an Adobe product, it is not surprising that
the Adobe reader behaves correctly with the pdf Distiller produces.
Surely Adobe would check that carefully before releasing the
new version! But they will take no noticed of non-Adobe produced
pdf, even if it meets with the Adobe-produced pdf specifications.

Are you saying that that pdftex's pdf does not comply with those
specifications? 

> 
> This could be a result of numerous work arounds for
> "misfeatures" that went into the system to deal with
> bugs in previous versions of Acrobat.
> 
> http://www.yandy.com/download/mtpsample.pdf
> http://www.yandy.com/download/mtpguide.pdf
> http://www.yandy.com/download/mtpfoam.pdf
> http://www.yandy.com/download/scenesem.pdf
> 

Are these documents relevant to this discussion? I couldn't
see any connection.

> At 19:50 2001-05-24 +1000, you wrote:
> >Quoting "Beuthe, Thomas" <beuthet at aecl.ca>:
> >
> > > Embedding all of your fonts is something you should always
> > > consider doing anyway, as the portability of the document
> > > would not be guaranteed otherwise.  This was an issue
> > > with the default installation of 4.0 distiller.
> > > By default it didn't embed the more common fonts,
> > > and as a result, it caused problems across platforms
> > > (Windows versus Mac)
> >
> >We certainly don't want to have to completely embed
> >all fonts forever more -- really, embedding just the
> >characters one uses ought to be enough. I wouldn't
> >mind changing my <'s to <<'s as a temporary measure
> >if I thought Adobe would fix the problem soon --- but
> >I rather expect that it will take them the best part
> >of a year.
> >
> >Bob Howlett
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Bob Howlett