[F20] Font rendering problem in PDF obtained with dvipdf and dvipdfm

[Marco Guazzone]

Hello,

I have a font rendering problem after transforming a DVI file into a PDF
file by means of dvipdf or dvipdfm.
The DVI file is created by means of latex from the following 'test.tex'
file:
---[test.tex]---
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\section{A Section}
See Figure \ref{fig}.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=.80]{test.eps}
\caption{A figure}\label{fig}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
---[/test.tex]

where the EPS figure 'test.eps' is generated by means of R from the
following 'test.R' file:
---[test.R]---
x <- -4:4
y <- x^2
setEPS()
postscript(paste("chart.eps",sep=""),height=4,width=6)
plot(x,y, type="b", xlab=expression(paste(Delta, t)),
ylab=expression(paste(Delta, t)^2))
grid()
dev.off()
---[/test.R]---

The font rendering problem is in the PDF rendering of the EPS figure, where
in place of the greek symbol "Delta" I get a crossed circle.

Note that the rendering problem does not affect the DVI file, but only the
PDF file resulting from converting the DVI with dvipdf or dvipdfm.

I don't know why this happen.

Any idea on how to fix it?

Thanks!

Best,

-- Marco

[Marco Guazzone]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com&gt; wrote:

>  On 03/10/14 18:57, sguazt wrote:
>  > The font rendering problem is in the PDF rendering of the EPS figure,
>  where in place of the greek symbol "Delta" I get a crossed circle.
>  >
>  > Note that the rendering problem does not affect the DVI file, but only
>  the PDF file resulting from converting the DVI with dvipdf or dvipdfm.
>  >
>  > I don't know why this happen.
>  >
>  > Any idea on how to fix it?
>
>  Go back and check the December archives....   This problem was discussed
>  under, I think, the subject of evince.  I think it is "fixed" by removing
>  the google-croscore-symbolneu-fonts package.
>
>  
Hi Ed,

I've just followed your answers in the "evince" thread:

In my case, I think the problem is due to evince that uses the wine-symbol
fonts from the wine-symbol-fonts package.

Also, as for you, xpdf and acroread work like a charm (since they use other
fonts).

It's a pity that the related bug
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037882
is still unsolved.

I try to remove these fonts, hoping that wine continue to work anyway.

Thank you very much for your help.

Best,

-- Marco

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/10/14 18:57, sguazt wrote:
>  The font rendering problem is in the PDF rendering of the EPS figure,
> where in place of the greek symbol "Delta" I get a crossed circle.
>
>  Note that the rendering problem does not affect the DVI file, but only the PDF file
> resulting from converting the DVI with dvipdf or dvipdfm.
>
>  I don't know why this happen.
>
>  Any idea on how to fix it? 
Go back and check the December archives....   This problem was discussed under, I think,
the subject of evince.  I think it is "fixed" by removing the
google-croscore-symbolneu-fonts package. 

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