Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> Hi Debian! >> >> I am getting ready to fill out IRS tax forms. >> >> Can't e-file because I live in Mexico. >> >> You can use the "free" acroread for Linux from Adobe which is also on >> the Marillat site, but with those you cannot *save* the filled out >> form. That you can do with acroread 5.1 which is given away for M$ users. >> >> Or you can use a method I specified a while ago: >> >> http://groups.google.com.au/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=2Ja8H-5OX-29%40gated-at.bofh.it >> >> >> However :-( this year the IRS changed the format of their pdf files, >> so what looked OK last year looks like cr*p now. >> >> I attach samples of last year and this year. >> > > That's covered in the pstoedit manpage: > > FAQS > Why do letters like O or B get strange if converted to tgif/xfig using > the -dt option? This is because most backends don't support > composite paths with intermediate gaps (moveto's) and second don't > support very well the (eo)fill operators of PostScript (winding rule). > For such objects pstoedit breaks them into smaller objects whenever such > a gap is found. This results in the "hole" beeing filled with black > color instead of beeing transparent. Since version 3.11 you can try > the -ssp option in combination with the xfig backend. > > And using -ssp solved the problem. >
Hi Hugo, I got pretty good results with this pstoedit options -t2fontsast1 -df helvetica Thanks for the original post, useful stuff. Maybe you didn't get more replies cause procrastinator like me dont start taxes till april :-) Murphy S. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
