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- From: ghost@aladdin.com (L. Peter Deutsch)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives
- Subject: [gnu.ghostscript.bug] Ghostscript 2.5 is released
- Followup-To: gnu.ghostscript.bug,comp.lang.postscript
- Date: 21 Aug 1992 11:00:48 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- X-Original-Date: 19 Aug 92 06:31:25 GMT
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- Archive-name: auto/gnu.ghostscript.bug/Ghostscript-2-5-is-released
-
- Ghostscript 2.5 is now released. Highlights of this release include:
-
- - Use of the 'hints' in Type 1 fonts, which significantly
- improves character quality if you have good fonts.
- (Unfortunately, of the fonts supplied with Ghostscript, only
- Courier, Utopia, and Charter are 'good'.)
-
- - Nearly complete implementation of the Level 2 PostScript
- filters, including Group 3 and Group 4 fax encodings.
-
- - An implementation that runs under Microsoft Windows 3.n.
-
- - Better handling of A4 paper size.
-
- ... plus the usual bug fixes and performance enhancements. See
- readme.doc in the fileset for a somewhat more detailed list; see the
- NEWS file for a very detailed list. Note that only a subset of the
- available drivers and features are included in the PC executables
- distributed as GNU software: read the individual makefiles to find out
- which drivers and features are included in which executables.
-
- Ghostscript 2.5 may be obtained from the usual GNU distribution points.
- One good place to get it is ftp.cs.wisc.edu:/pub/X/ghostscript-2.5*.
- This is a 24-hour access site that allows anonymous FTP and is not
- heavily loaded.
-
- [ Soon to be at these ftp sites as well. Please try them
- before prep.ai.mit.edu! thanx -len
-
- archie.au, archive.eu.net, src.doc.ic.ac.uk, ftp.diku.dk,
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de, ftp.eunet.ch, ftp.funet.fi,
- isy.liu.se, ftp.stacken.kth.se, sunic.sunet.se,
- ftp.win.tue.nl, ugle.unit.no, ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp,
- wuarchive.wustl.edu, gatekeeper.dec.com, uxc.cso.uiuc.edu,
- col.hp.com, and ftp.uu.net (under /packages/gnu).
-
- For information on how to order GNU software on tape, check
- the file etc/DISTRIB in the GNU Emacs distribution, or e-mail
- a request to: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
- ]
-
- Context diffs from Ghostscript 2.4.1 to 2.5 have been provided.
- Ghostscript 2.4.1 has been left on-line; 2.4 has been removed.
-
- Ghostscript 2.5 includes new Charter fonts, slightly revised Courier
- and Utopia fonts, and a pair of new Cyrillic fonts; the fonts are
- otherwise unchanged.
-
- Thanks to the many users who reported problems. Special thanks to
- Russell Lang and Maurice Castro for providing the first version of the
- Windows code.
-
- Suggestions for what should go in Ghostscript 2.6, due for release
- around the end of the year, are more than welcome. The only new
- feature definitely scheduled for inclusion is the ability to use the
- platform's fonts (e.g., the X bitmap fonts) when possible. Leading
- candidates for other features are Type 0 (Chinese/Japanese) font
- capability, the Level 2 'pattern' facility, and a major overhaul of
- the general rasterizing algorithm for increased performance. Please
- send suggestions directly to ghost@aladdin.com.
-
- I will be on vacation through August 31, and will read e-mail when I
- return.
-
- L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
- ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 voice ; no fax yet
- "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
-
-