[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #2138: pdftops creates invalidPS fromparticularPDF

[Michael Sweet]

Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> ...
> Why was EPS gs changed in the first place? I know the excuse "customer
> prefers space than a black/white box", for which I can only say, "use a 
> different font with all the glyph you need"  - using .notdef, and only
> .notdef, is the correct behavior. That's the whole reason why there
> is a glyph called ".notdef"!

IIRC, the problem was with files that did not contain a .notdef
glyph.  Broken, yes, but unfortunately all too common... :(

Ghostscript displayed a box, while EVERY PostScript printer displays
a blank space instead...

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