Re: Ghostscript and new PDF interpreter

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Ghostscript's Ken Sharp says:
> 
> "
> The new PDF interpreter uses the object number, which is the unique
> identifier in PDF files, to key the fonts and as a result there is
> no longer any possibility of confusing two different fonts as being
> the same.
> "
> <https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706316#c1>
> 
> And I start doing some "flies buzzing in a bottle" thinking since I
> don't know what an "object number" is or does.
> 
> Is there a way to influence what object numbers are assigned to fonts?

No, not on a high level.  You have to actually modify the PDFs.


    Werner