Confirmed, the same thing happens with "gs -sDEVICE=x11 -dTextAlphaBits=4" in gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu1.
This is the same bug as what I reported last year in Debian gs-gpl, see the bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330095 and a minimal example and screenshots: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/josuomel/tmp/gs-bug/ The bug affects KGhostView in Kubuntu. -- Ghostscript uses wrong font size with x11alpha (Dapper) https://launchpad.net/bugs/42446 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs