From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/33078 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: problem with pdftex-1.40.1 and Gentium ligatures Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:59:41 +0100 Message-ID: <45C1ABFD.1050900@elvenkind.com> References: <97a06f070701311253v7c1028d1n3a3d979234f92bbb@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170320415 9707 80.91.229.12 (1 Feb 2007 09:00:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:00:15 +0000 (UTC) To: johan.sandblom@ki.se, mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Feb 01 09:59:59 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HCXnQ-0006m7-1A for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:59:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B9D1A7; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15900-02-3; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 676E519E; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC08A19E for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:25 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15900-02-2 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lochside.elvenkind.com (elvenknd.xs4all.nl [213.84.171.68]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC9AB183 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lochside.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0CE66B36F; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lochside.elvenkind.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (glenfiddich.elvenkind.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21039-10; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.10.0.6] (glenlivet.elvenkind.com [10.10.0.6]) by lochside.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E9E6B0B4; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:59:38 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070111) In-Reply-To: <97a06f070701311253v7c1028d1n3a3d979234f92bbb@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at elvenkind.net X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:33078 Archived-At: Hi Johan, If the only change is the pdftex version, than it sounds like this is a pdftex bug. Any chance you can create a small standalone testfile? Best, Taco Johan Sandblom wrote: > When I moved from pdftex-1.30.5-2.2 (from texlive-base-bin > 2005.dfsg.2-10 on debian) to pdftex-1.40.1 suddenly ligatures in > gentium exhibited erratic behavior: they appeared correctly (or, more > accurately, the letters appeared, they did not look like a proper > ligature) on screen in xpdf and acroread but did not print (there were > just empty spaces). On windows, the fi, fl, and ff combinations made > blanks, just as on the printer. Reverting to pdftex-1.30.5-2.2 > corrected the problem. Gentium is from ttf-gentium 1.02-2 on debian > and the typescript I use is below. Perhaps my poor typesetting > knowledge has lead me wrong and the lack of true ligatures is the > actual problem? > > Regards, Johan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context