Re: [Gnuplot-info] pdfcairo or pdf output font fails with Adobe Illustrator

[Andres C. <aci...@gm...>]

> For some reason Illustrator ignores the ToUnicode CMAP which is included
> in the pdf.  Without that information is it unable to determine what
> character to use in place of each glyph.
>
> But that is just the mechanism; I don't know the reason behind it.
>
> It shouldn't have a problem with the CMap, though.  Text extraction works
> fine with yscale_vs_width.pdf, including the Greek.  Extraction also
> works with your earlier pdfs.  Acroread also is happy with the CMaps.
>
> If you have access to them, it would be interesting to know whether
> InDesign or (the full) Acrobat do any better than Illustrator on
> those pdfs.

I don't have access to InDesign, but I did try with Acrobat (reader
and full version) and it works just fine. It's illustrator that
doesn't work.

I just tried with gnuplot on windows. I figured there could be
something wrong with the Debian fonts or version of pango/cairo. But I
got the same problem! I won't even bother to attach the file.

Could this be a bug in gnuplot or pango? I've produced plots with
matlab before (using Arial) and Illustrator is happy with them. If
it's a bug, it's a very subtle one...