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Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem

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In article <9aqc25Fon7U1@mid.individual.net>, Helge Blischke
<h.blischke@acm.org> writes: 

> > Is there an easy way to edit the file (preferably inserting something
> > only at the beginning of the file) to avoid this error?
> You may insert the line
> /Symbol findfont pop
> just after the line
> lpemuldict begin
> to preload the Symbol font into the FontDirectory.

That worked; thanks!  I could modify the Fortran program to always put 
in this line (presumably it wouldn't hurt).

> > Another question: Why is the Symbol font not found in the first place?
> > I thought it was rather standard.
> as SaGS states above, Ghostscript starts with an empty FontDirectory 
> dictioary, whereas most PostScript printers (still) preload the fonts 
> embedded in the printer (the so called ROM fonts) during a (vendor specific) 
> startup procedure.

OK.  However, the 12 other fonts the Fortran program uses (Roman,
Sans-Serif and Typewriter and each bold/non-bold italic/non-italic) all 
display correctly in GhostScript; why is it only the Symbol font which 
has the problem?

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PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-08-14 10:01 +0000
  Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem "Mark T. B. Carroll" <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2011-08-14 08:24 -0400
  Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem SaGS <sags5495@gmail.com> - 2011-08-14 05:12 -0700
    Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-08-14 15:02 +0000
      Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2011-08-14 18:39 +0200
        Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-08-14 17:11 +0000
          Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2011-08-14 19:19 +0200
  Re: PostScript, Fortran, GhostScript: need help pinpointing a problem ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2011-08-14 20:09 +0100

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