Ps2pdf bug? The pdf output is rotated relative to the ps output

Question

I am having a bizarre problem in converting postscript to pdf using ps2pdf. Here is a minimal code snippet that causes the problem.

/Times findfont 40 scalefont setfont
-1 1 scale
15 15 moveto (R) show

This should show the letter, horizontally reflected. And when I view the postscript, that's what I see. But if I take the code above, save it as a file "bad.ps" and run the following command on it

ps2pdf bad.ps

I get a vertically reflected letter R.

I get the same problem with other fonts. BUT when I just draw lines, etc., the problem goes away. Any ideas?

Answer 1

It sounds like the orientation of the PDF is rotated. By default, PS2PDF detects the orientation based on the dominant text orientation on the page. To override this behavior, use the

-dAutoRotatePages=/None

command line option. This option is described in more detail on the PS2PDF command line reference.