Hi
Sam McClatchie wrote: > Background: > OS: Linux Ubuntu Dapper > R : Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01) > Emacs 21.4.1 > ESS > > > Colleagues > > This is neither a bug report, nor a complaint, so I think this is the > appropriate list. > > I am getting an odd font problem with a pdf generated using > pdf(file = > "../figures/PCNM.models.larvae.fluor.zoo.stability.2001.and.2002.pdf", > title="", family="serif", pointsize=10, width=6.75, height=8.625) > > The figure produced from my code is here: > <http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~s.mcclatchie/aslo/PCNM.models.larvae.fluor.zoo.stability.2001.and.2002.pdf> > (I can't really send all of the code as there are several subroutines > for the analysis that are not relevant here anyway). > > ------------------------------------------------ > The pdf loads into acroread or xpdf fine, so is not corrupted, but > ghostscript gives an error: Acroread (Windows) works for me, xpdf (Linux CentOS) thrashes my machine for ever (or until I gave up), and ghostscript gives me ... /undefinedresult in --currentpoint-- ... but I can't see anything obvious in the raw PDF. > ERROR: /invalidfont in --.type1execchar--ESP Ghostscript 815.02: > Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 > > Operand stack: > --dict:4/4(L)-- --dict:16/17(ro)(G)-- 108 a71 -string- > Execution stack: > %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 > %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 > %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > %array_continue --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push > --nostringval-- %loop_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > %finish_show --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 7 9 1 > --nostringval-- (gs_show_enum) %op_show_continue > Dictionary stack: > --dict:1124/1686(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:85/200(L)-- > --dict:104/127(ro)(G)-- --dict:241/347(ro)(G)-- --dict:20/24(L)-- > --dict:4/6(L)-- --dict:20/20(L)-- --dict:12/13(L)-- > Current allocation mode is local > ---------------------------------- > Also Imagemagick cannot display or convert the file to .png: I think that's the same problem: ImageMagick is just calling ghostscript. Sorry, no solution to suggest yet. Paul > [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:~/dynamic_data/projects2005/sardine_egg_distribution/journal$ > convert PCNM.models.larvae.fluor.zoo.stability.2001.and.2002.pdf > PCNM.models.larvae.fluor.zoo.stability.2001.and.2002.png > ERROR: /invalidfont in --.type1execchar-- > Operand stack: > --dict:4/4(L)-- --dict:15/16(ro)(G)-- 108 a71 -string- > Execution stack: > %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 > %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop > --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 1 1 --nostringval-- > %for_pos_int_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %array_continue --nostringval-- > false 1 %stopped_push --nostringval-- %loop_continue > --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %finish_show --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- 9 10 1 --nostringval-- (gs_show_enum) > %op_show_continue > Dictionary stack: > --dict:1125/1686(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:85/200(L)-- > --dict:85/200(L)-- --dict:104/127(ro)(G)-- --dict:241/347(ro)(G)-- > --dict:20/24(L)-- --dict:4/6(L)-- --dict:20/20(L)-- --dict:12/13(L)-- > Current allocation mode is local > ESP Ghostscript 815.02: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 > convert: Postscript delegate failed > `PCNM.models.larvae.fluor.zoo.stability.2001.and.2002.pdf'. > > -------------------------------- > I have all of the true type fonts installed. > > Probably the solution is just to use png() rather than pdf(), but I > thought this problem was curious enough to report. > > Best fishes > > Sam > -- Dr Paul Murrell Department of Statistics The University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland New Zealand 64 9 3737599 x85392 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.