[CLUE-Tech] Ghostscript issues..

[Adam Bultman]

OK, fellas, I've got a real noodle-scratcher for you all.


I've got a handful of servers that use Ghostscript.  TWo of these servers 
have ghostscript 5.50, and two of these servers have ghostscript 7.03. 
Both versions are the NON gnu ones. (www.ghostscript.com).   Well, I moved 
a web site (a large one) from the two 'older' ones to the two 'newer' ones 
recently, and as a result, I've got broken pdfs.  Here's what happens:


1.  A template is read (.ps)
2.  another program substitutes items in that template with other values.
3. ps2pdf is called on the ps file, and a pdf is generated.
4. The user is re-directed to the pdf's URL, and life goes on.

Well.  I successfullly compiled gs on the new servers (tried both GNU and 
non-GNU versions) and I noticed that on these pdfs, there are missing 
certain letters and numbers: F,H,K,V,X,Z  and 4,7, and 8.  Wierd, is all I 
can really say.


SO!  I've tried re-compiling, searching google, and all that jazz.  But I 
find no solution. Even wierder is the fact that these servers have the 
*exact same fonts* for ghostscript, meaning that these oddities aren't 
warranted at ALL!  I'm going beserk here because I have no real reasons 
for these pdfs to be incorrect. Yet, they are.

Ideas?

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adamb at glaven.org
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