Hi Mark, thnaks for your report.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 21:31 -0500, Mark T.B. Carroll wrote: > Package: texlive-base-bin > Version: 2007.dfsg.2-4 > Severity: normal > > Note minimal input file and other files below. > > My texlive-latex-base version is 2007.dfsg.1-4 > My ghostscript version is 8.62.dfsg.1-3.1 > > I do: ps2epsi graphics.ps > to make graphics.epsi > > Then I do: latex problem.tex > to make problem.dvi > > Now, if I do: dvips problem.dvi > and look at the result with gv, > there are missing characters, as at http://imagebin.org/33420 > > But, if I do: dvips -j0 problem.dvi > and look at the result with gv, > everything is fine, as at http://imagebin.org/33421 I cannot reproduce your problem here, but I have a suspicion where it might come from. What is the output of the following commands: kpsewhich --format='web2c files' updmap.cfg egrep dvipsDownloadBase35 $(kpsewhich --format='web2c files' updmap.cfg) I suspect that dvipsDownloadBase35 is set to true, which is not the default value. But it can cause problems like the one your are describing: Both the main document as well as the included image uses one of the 35 PostScript base fonts (Times Roman in this case). Since every PostScript interpreter is expected to have these fonts, they are typically not included in PS files like your image. If, however, you tell dvips to embed this font into the resulting PS files, it will only download those glyphs, that are used in the DVI file. Not those used in the image. But a PS interpreter rendering the resulting document will only use the embedded partial version of Times Roman, so that glyphs like P and S that are present in the image but not in the DVI file are missing. The option -j0 tells dvips to download the complete font, so that all glyphs are present even if they are not used in the document. As I said, dvipsDownloadBase35 is set to flase by default. If I am right and you have set it to true, why did you do so? cheerio ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org