From: Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda@rna.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Minimum METAPOST code produces problematic PDF
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 20:14:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B1A63B6D-90F3-4B40-8401-2E905B39655C@rna.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKyqqaZ4RqJcjKCgVuu+BgbFQ7O9+JzZjMpX5SGkD9eGixFW-A@mail.gmail.com>
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I found out this in the PDF spec:
The minimum page size should be 3 by 3 units in default user space; the maximum should be 14,400 by 14,400 units.
Apparently, Adobe InDesign demands that in a hard way.
G
> On 8 Jul 2020, at 01:08, Jairo A. del Rio <jairoadelrio6@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Evince and Okular (Linux) open the PDF output without warnings nor issues.
>
> Jairo :)
>
> El mar., 7 de jul. de 2020 a la(s) 17:50, Gerben Wierda (gerben.wierda@rna.nl <mailto:gerben.wierda@rna.nl>) escribió:
> The following code:
>
> \startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
> draw (0,0)--(100,0) dashed withdots;
> \stopMPpage
>
> When run through LuaMetaTeX produces a PDF about which Acrobat complains:
>
> The dimensions of this page are out-of-range. Page content might be truncated.
>
> and Adobe InDesign cannot handle it at all (displays empty).
>
> The error message stays with
>
> \startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
> draw (0,0)--(100,0)—(100,2) dashed withdots;
> \stopMPpage
>
> but disappears with
>
> \startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
> draw (0,0)--(100,0)—(100,3) dashed withdots;
> \stopMPpage
>
>
> Additionally, on the Adobe forums I have been told:
>
> Also, the color space is device gray (not RGB or CMYK)
>
> which might be a more generic problem with LMTX output, I don’t know. It might also be an Adobe problem. Previw.app on macOS handles the result without problems.
>
> ConTeXt standalone:
>
> This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.06.02
> open source > level 1, order 1, name 'cont-yes.mkiv'
> system >
> system > ConTeXt ver: 2020.05.12 16:21 MKIV beta fmt: 2020.5.16 int: english/english
>
>
> G
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-08 18:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-07 22:49 Gerben Wierda
2020-07-07 23:08 ` Jairo A. del Rio
2020-07-08 18:14 ` Gerben Wierda [this message]
2020-07-09 6:32 ` Hans Hagen
[not found] ` <FA33AC5F-7924-460A-9669-2E14687A0745@elvenkind.com>
2020-07-09 10:10 ` Hans Hagen
2020-07-09 12:07 ` Gerben Wierda
2020-07-09 6:37 ` Aditya Mahajan
2020-07-11 12:22 ` Gerben Wierda
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