Re: [NTG-context] Minimum METAPOST code produces problematic PDF

8 Jul 2020

      I found out this in the PDF spec:

The minimum page size should be 3 by 3 units in default user space; the maximum should be 14,400 by 14,400 units.

Apparently, Adobe InDesign demands that in a hard way.

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On 8 Jul 2020, at 01:08, Jairo A. del Rio  wrote:
Evince and Okular (Linux) open the PDF output without warnings nor issues.
Jairo :)
El mar., 7 de jul. de 2020 a la(s) 17:50, Gerben Wierda (gerben.wierda@rna.nl mailto:gerben.wierda@rna.nl) escribió:
The following code:
\startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
  draw (0,0)--(100,0) dashed withdots;
\stopMPpage
When run through LuaMetaTeX produces a PDF about which Acrobat complains:
The dimensions of this page are out-of-range. Page content might be truncated.
and Adobe InDesign cannot handle it at all (displays empty).
The error message stays with
\startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
  draw (0,0)--(100,0)—(100,2) dashed withdots;
\stopMPpage
but disappears with
\startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
  draw (0,0)--(100,0)—(100,3) dashed withdots;
\stopMPpage
Additionally, on the Adobe forums I have been told:
Also, the color space is device gray (not RGB or CMYK)
which might be a more generic problem with LMTX output, I don’t know. It might also be an Adobe problem. Previw.app on macOS handles the result without problems.
ConTeXt standalone:
This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.06.02 
open source     > level 1, order 1, name 'cont-yes.mkiv'
system          > 
system          > ConTeXt  ver: 2020.05.12 16:21 MKIV beta  fmt: 2020.5.16  int: english/english
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