Package: texlive-base-bin Version: 2007-5 Severity: normal When choosing not to embed the Base 14 fonts (Helvetica, Times, etc.) in a pdfetex-created PDF document, the resulting files are sometimes displayed wrong in Adobe Reader. Specifically, a serif font is chosen to display Helvetica instead of a sans-serif font, which obviously changes the visual impression of any document significantly. The files are interpreted correctly by evince. They also work correctly on my (Postscript 3-capable) printer after a PDF->PS conversion with Ghostscript.
Note that PDFs without embedded fonts are, while "not recommended", perfectly valid, especially when the Base 14 fonts are concerned, which any PDF viewer is supposed to provide correct versions of anyway. I cannot guarantee that this behaviour is formally a bug in pdfetex instead of a weird anomaly of Adobe Reader. However: Since Adobe Reader is *the* multi-platform standard for displaying PDF files whether we like it or not, it would be good to create files that work correctly in it. Also, even if the problem would technically lie with Adobe Reader, just implementing a workaround in pdfetex would probably be simpler than getting Adobe to do anything. Sample input including precompiled PDFs with and without the embedded fonts can be found at <http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ujaxc/font-embedding-problem/> for the time being. If you would prefer to include the files in the BTS itself, feel free to do so. I wasn't entirely sure which texlive subpackage to submit this to, feel free to reassign. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (110, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages texlive-base-bin depends on: ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor ii libc6 2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-5.1 PDF rendering library ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 1:1.0.3-3 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxpm4 1:3.5.6-2 X11 pixmap library ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii mime-support 3.39-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii texlive-common 2007-4 TeX Live: Base component ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages texlive-base-bin recommends: pn perl-tk <none> (no description available) Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii debconf 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 2.0021 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages texlive-base-bin is related to: pn tetex-base <none> (no description available) pn tetex-bin <none> (no description available) pn tetex-extra <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: tex-common/check_texmf_wrong: tex-common/check_texmf_missing: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
