[Dclug] Re: [Ma-linux] PDF Peculiarities

[Kevin Cole]

On Feb 17, 2008 9:05 AM, Alan McConnell <alan at patriot.net> wrote:

> Let me be a little clearer.  gpdf and xpdf, and now evince(which I didn't
> know I had<g>) open my citizensguide just fine.  They show that the
> file has 12 pages, and the first few pages show fanned out or held
> $100 or $20 bills, which pictures definitely obscure the text underneath.
> All very pretty . . .
>
> But completely different from what acroread shows.  Acroread shows the
> first page much the same, but on the second page there is an Awesome
> Graph(TM) showing the Federal Deficit climbing high into the sky
> over the next 70(sic) years.  I can't find that graph At All using
> the above three Linux .pdf displayers.

For a rare change, I'm not sitting in front of an x86 box.  So, for
another data point: Under Apple's Preview on a G5 w/ Mac OS X 10.4.11
("Tiger") the second page shows the Awesome Graph of which you speak
(as well as what appears to be perfectly readable text on all pages).

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