Bug 74434 - DejaVu Sans Bold GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA U+0394 does not print fine
Summary: DejaVu Sans Bold GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA U+0394 does not print fine
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: DejaVu
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Sans (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium major
Assignee: Deja Vu bugs
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Reported: 2014-02-03 11:18 UTC by sergio.callegari
Modified: 2014-02-04 15:15 UTC (History)
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Test pdf document (8.28 KB, text/plain)
2014-02-03 11:18 UTC, sergio.callegari
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Demo rendering of pdf file via ghostscript (595 bytes, image/png)
2014-02-03 11:19 UTC, sergio.callegari
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Doc printed on a postscript printer (HP 4100) (99.38 KB, image/jpeg)
2014-02-03 11:21 UTC, sergio.callegari
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Description sergio.callegari 2014-02-03 11:18:40 UTC
Created attachment 93268 [details]
Test pdf document

Experiencing an issue with GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA U+0394.

Char appears fine on screen in most applications (working on Ubuntu 13.10), e.g. libreoffice, okular, etc.

However char appears badly in other applications (acroread for linux, ghostscript based viewers) and most important cannot be properly printed on postscript printers, where the profile of the Delta gets completely filled with black ink.

In the attachment, please find a minimal pdf doc showing the issue, a ghostscript based rendering with the issue and a photo of the printed doc.

Problem is severe, because on most Linux distros most apps substitute DejaVu Sans for greek letters on all fonts that do not include them. This means that on linux, most docs including bold greek letters in a sans font do not print fine.
Comment 1 sergio.callegari 2014-02-03 11:19:18 UTC
Created attachment 93269 [details]
Demo rendering of pdf file via ghostscript
Comment 2 sergio.callegari 2014-02-03 11:21:30 UTC
Created attachment 93270 [details]
Doc printed on a postscript printer (HP 4100)
Comment 3 sergio.callegari 2014-02-03 11:22:23 UTC
One more note:

Bug exists both with 2.33 version of the fonts (shipped with ubuntu 13.10) and with 2.34.
Comment 4 nocturnaldreamer 2014-02-03 20:47:43 UTC
I have recently committed a fix for this bug, could you please check if the problem persists with the most recent snapshot at http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/snapshots/ ?
Comment 5 sergio.callegari 2014-02-03 22:37:40 UTC
Thanks. Seems fixed at least on screen (tested with gs and acroread). Please let me have another day to test on postscript printers too before closing.
Comment 6 sergio.callegari 2014-02-04 14:16:28 UTC
I confirm it is fixed
Comment 7 nocturnaldreamer 2014-02-04 15:15:33 UTC
Ok, thank you for testing!


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