Ghostscript / CUPS-PDF default font problem

[Helge Blischke]

Chris wrote:

> UPDATE:
> I've gotten a little closer to what my issue may be...
> It definitely has to do with the way the embedded fonts in the PDF are
> encoded.
> 
> I was able to get the PDF encoding to change by switching from the default
> "CUPS-PDF Postscript driver" to the "Generic Postscript driver" in Ubuntu.
> 
> For some reason when using the "CUPS-PDF driver" the fonts are
> [TrueType (CID), Type-H encoded] when embedded into the PDF.
> When I copy the word "test" from a pdf and paste it I get: 􀁗􀁈􀁖􀁗
> 
> When using the "Generic Postscript driver" the fonts are
> [TrueType, Custom encoded] when embedded into the PDF.
> When I copy the word "test" from a pdf and paste it I get: WHVW
> 
> I think I need to find a way to embed the font as [TrueType, ANSI encoded]
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm running out of ideas...
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris

Please post (an URL to) a sample PDF file and tell us which Ghostscript 
version you are using.

Without looking into the PDF file it is hardly possible to give you any 
reasonable hints.

Helge