RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gpdf

[Chipzz <chipzz ULYSSIS Org>]

On Thu, 1 May 2003 Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:

> > there are some _serious_ accessibility issues around PDF.
>
> Are these problems with the PDF format or with the gpdf PDF viewer? Is this
> anything that should influence our decision to add gpdf to GNOME?

I think the issue is with the formmat, namely that PS and PDF store lit-
tle (or no) structural information (eg, PS stores the position of indi-
vidual letters IIRC, but not the relationship between those letters).

Kind regards,

Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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