*** ps_out_orig.c	Tue Nov  2 10:34:58 2010
--- ps_out.c	Tue Nov  2 11:08:36 2010
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*** 226,231 ****
--- 226,256 ----
                const char      *string)
  {
      fprintf(getPsFile(ctx),
+             "%% white box behind '");
+     writeEscaped(ctx, string);
+     fprintf(getPsFile(ctx),
+             "'\n"
+ 	    "gsave\n"
+ 	    "(");
+     writeEscaped(ctx, string);
+     fprintf(getPsFile(ctx),
+             ") stringwidth pop dup\n"
+ 	    "newpath\n"
+ 	    "1 setgray\n"
+ 	    "%d %d 2 sub moveto\n"
+ 	    "0 fontheight rlineto\n"
+ 	    "0 rlineto\n"
+ 	    "0 fontheight neg 1 add rlineto\n"
+ 	    "neg 0 rlineto\n"
+ 	    "fill\n"
+ 	    "closepath\n"
+ 	    "grestore\n",
+ 	    x, -y - getSpace(ctx, PsHelvetica.descender));
+     fprintf(getPsFile(ctx),
+             "%% string '");
+     writeEscaped(ctx, string);
+     fprintf(getPsFile(ctx), "'\n");
+     fprintf(getPsFile(ctx),
              "%d %d moveto (",
              x, -y - getSpace(ctx, PsHelvetica.descender));
      writeEscaped(ctx, string);
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*** 393,401 ****
          default:
              assert(0);
      }
! 
      fprintf(context->of, "/Helvetica findfont\n");
!     fprintf(context->of, "%d scalefont\n", getPsCtx(ctx)->fontPoints);
      fprintf(context->of, "setfont\n");
  }
  
--- 418,426 ----
          default:
              assert(0);
      }
!     fprintf(context->of, "/fontheight %d def\n", getPsCtx(ctx)->fontPoints);
      fprintf(context->of, "/Helvetica findfont\n");
!     fprintf(context->of, "fontheight scalefont\n");
      fprintf(context->of, "setfont\n");
  }
  
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*** 441,447 ****
  
      /* Write the header */
      fprintf(context->of, "%%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-2.0\n"
!                          "%%%%BoundingBox: 0 0 %f %f\n", w * PS_OUT_SCALE, h * PS_OUT_SCALE);
      fprintf(context->of, "%%%%Creator: mscgen %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
      fprintf(context->of, "%%%%EndComments\n");
  
--- 466,472 ----
  
      /* Write the header */
      fprintf(context->of, "%%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-2.0\n"
!                          "%%%%BoundingBox: 0 0 %d %d\n", w * PS_OUT_SCALE, h * PS_OUT_SCALE);
      fprintf(context->of, "%%%%Creator: mscgen %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
      fprintf(context->of, "%%%%EndComments\n");