diff -uNr espgs-7.05.6.ORIG/src/gdevpdfw.c espgs-7.05.6/src/gdevpdfw.c
--- espgs-7.05.6.ORIG/src/gdevpdfw.c	Tue Apr 23 20:58:42 2002
+++ espgs-7.05.6/src/gdevpdfw.c	Thu Jan  8 02:28:29 2004
@@ -686,7 +686,9 @@
 	    code = pdf_write_FontDescriptor(pdev, pfd);
 	pfd->written = true;
     }
+#ifndef __APPLE__
     pfd->base_font = 0;		/* clean up for GC */
+#endif
     return code;
 }
 private int
@@ -745,6 +747,9 @@
 		return_error(gs_error_VMerror);
 	    font->memory = (gs_memory_t *)fmem;
 	    code = pdf_finalize_font_descriptor(pdev, pfd);
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+	    pfd->base_font = 0;
+#endif
 	    gs_memory_free_all((gs_memory_t *)fmem, FREE_ALL_EVERYTHING,
 			       "pdf_font_notify_proc");
 	    font->memory = save_memory;