Bug 66721 - dvips -Ppdf makes strange characters for ligatures
Summary: dvips -Ppdf makes strange characters for ligatures
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: tetex
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-06-14 11:17 UTC by Jeremy Sanders
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-07-30 11:33:03 UTC
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Description Jeremy Sanders 2002-06-14 11:17:45 UTC
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Description of problem:
If the times package is used for a latex document, then ligature characters (fi,
fl...) get converted to strange characters if the dvips -Ppdf option is used to
make a postscript file (to later convert to pdf).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a latex document using fl and fi in the text
2. Use the times package
3. $ latex test.tex
4. $ dvips -Ppdf test.dvi
5. $ gv test.ps
	

Actual Results:  Weird characters

Expected Results:  Normal ligatures.

Additional info:

Example latex document:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{times}

\begin{document}
flash in the pan. \emph{flash in the pan}.

first I will do this. \emph{first I will do this}.
\end{document}

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2002-06-14 12:36:11 UTC
As a workaround comment out 'G' in /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config.pdf.

Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2002-07-08 08:44:58 UTC
In fact using the option '-G0' is the easier way to do this.  I think that a newer dvips may fix 
this.

Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2003-07-30 11:33:03 UTC
This seems to work normally now in tetex-2.0.2.


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