Acrobat Reader for Linux removed

Re:Acrobat Reader for Linux removed by aw3c2 on Sunday July 27, 2014 @11:23AM (#8092972)

xpdf renders it nicely, it is anti-userfriendly and ancient though. ;) http://i.imgur.com/9FHRqio.png

The text looks different because "Syntax Warning: Substituting font 'Times-Roman' for 'NewCenturySchlbk-Roman'".

Crazy how that poppler bug is almost 10 years old and not fixed even though it seems like such an integral part of a PDF library.

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Re:Acrobat Reader for Linux removed by bsznjyewgd on Sunday July 27, 2014 @11:34AM (#8093000)

I know you already realize it, but others might not, but xpdf is still "bugged" in this case. In the bug report, the missing font is substituted with a default sans-serif font (presumably DejaVu Sans or Ubuntu on Ubuntu), while in your image it is replaced by Times Roman. The spacing of the text is completely wrong in both cases, but it's just worse in the sans-serif case.

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Re:Acrobat Reader for Linux removed by aw3c2 on Sunday July 27, 2014 @11:56AM (#8093068)

I didn't realise that, thanks! Sounds like it might be a good idea to collect such cases and build substitution rules for font-config.

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