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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fwd: Bug#30364: hang cpu when preview a file with MS Windows font  (comic,trebuchet)]
From:       Stephan.Althaus () t-online ! de (Stephan Althaus)
Date:       2001-08-07 12:27:33
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On Tuesday 07 August 2001 14:08, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> Does anybody have an idea about this problem?
>

Try to setup your ttf Fonts with kfontinst-0.10b11
This programm is able to install new gs fontmaps

Stephan

> Michael.
>
> Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > > I try to print (using print to file Postscript) 2 pages of text
> > > And open the file with GV or 'KDE PS viewer'.
> > >
> > > When the text is in MS Windows font (comic,trebuchet),
> > > GV and 'KDE PS viewer' render the beginning of the text and then
> > > hang cpu (the cpu is used 100%, infinite loop)
> > > =>the result is the same using kate or kword
> > > =>when I use another font (like helvetica), everything is rigth
> > >
> > > The same test with 'print to file PDF/Acrobat':
> > > When the text is in MS Windows font (comic,trebuchet),
> > > the result 'print.pdf' have a size of 0KB and can't be open
> > > If I choose another font, , everything is rigth.
> >
> > I don't think it's a kdeprint related problems. When you print to a
> > file, kdeprint does nothing: Qt generated PS data are copied to a local
> > file, and that's it. I tried on my system, kwrite with a couple of
> > TTF fonts: in most cases, everything is OK, but I have the same problem
> > with a few TTF fonts ("Comic sans ms").
> >
> > The problem can be:
> >  - either in GS failing to handle some embedded M$ TTF fonts
> >  - or in Qt producing corrupted PS data
> >
> > Don't know however where the problem is. My system:
> >  - XFree86-4.0.3
> >  - GS-6.50
> >  - Qt-2.3.0
> >  - KDE-CVS
> >
> > Bye.
> > Michael.
 
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