- This release fixes a large number of issues with transparency,
especially as it interacts with color space conversion, mask
contexts and patterns. There have also been a number of
significant fixes to font handling, especially when generating
PDF. And there are numerous robustness, correctness and
performance improvements.
- New generic Esc/Page devices, eplmono and eplcolor were added
to the contrib directory. A new cdnj500 device was added to
support the HP DesignJet 500.
- The licensing of the Free version of the core Ghostscript code
has been changed to GPLv3 or later. Previously, the core code
was GPLv2 only. Ghostscript can now be used with GPLv3
applications, and can no longer be used with applications that
are GPLv2-only.
- This release also includes security fixes addressing
CVE-2009-0583 and CVE-2009-0792.
[Incompatible changes]
- The size of PostScript integers has been limited to 32
bits. Previously they used the C long type resulting in 64 bits
of precision on LP64 systems (like on x86_64). As of this
release all platforms match the recommended implementation
limits in the specification.
to it have been added. These are to install standard fonts used in the
Ports Collection. Currently they contain:
std.ja_JP/Mincho
std.ja_JP/Gothic
std.ja_JP/Ryumin-Light
std.ja_JP/GothicBBB-Medium
std.zh_CN/STHeiti-Regular
std.zh_CN/STSong-Light
std.zh_CN/MSung-Light
std.zh_CN/MHei-Medium
under ${PREFIX}/share/fonts/. They are just symlinks to
corresponding font files. The symlink names are based on popular
PostScript font names.
Applications should refer the font files via XLFD or fontconfig
first. If they need a direct reference to the font file, please use
files in std.*/*. This is because direct reference to a specific
font name in an application configuration file makes the maintenance
difficult when the font file name is changed, for example.
- Improvements to overprint and spot color support in documents with
transparency, improvements to PDF and PS output, proper handling of
PDF-specific text rendering modes and support for reading
AES-encrypted PDF documents.
- Improved handling of CJK text, especially in vertical writing modes.
- Improved memory footprint processing some files at high resolution.
- The handling of color spaces has been moved from PostScript code to
C.
- A number of the included printer drivers and cups wrappers have been
updated to support a PDF-based workflow. Also fixed are several
long-standing bugs in the pcl drivers with respect to duplex,
resolution and paper tray selection.
2009-03-28 20:05:52 +00:00
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