On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Christian Pestel wrote: > Thank a lot Alexios. > That's work. > > Still 2 questions... > > 1/ With Type Transformer, do I select "icon 3 - Characters filters" or not ? I left the 'character filters' empty but this might not always be correct. For example, when Type Transformer needs to select a subset for creating single byte coded fonts (SBCS), the character filters or the code page could help.
> > 2/ With my AFP sample file produced by Fop, > > - Compart Viewer display 'HELLO' correctly (Aladen font) > - BTB display nothing > - AFPviewer display 'HELLO' incorrectly (in raster Times). > > Why theses differences ? maybe BTB or AFPviewer are not able to display > emebeded outline font ? I also noticed this when I created the AFP. My experience is that Compart has the most reliable viewer. I can't give a definite answer without investigating but at the end, it does not worth it. It is a common knowledge and at the same time annoying, that every AFP system, including viewers & printers is different, renders differently and has limitations. In a few cases this is due to a not well defined spec (GOCA), in some other cases this is due to the implementations. It's a niche area. The general advise is to try to open the AFP files with all available viewers. If you see what you expect, then it *could* be OK. But unfortunately, you will finally need to print it to ensure it's OK. Keep in mind that depending on your use case and volumes, you might need to do some performance tests too. For example, can a continuous feed printer sustain a speed of 100 meters per minute ? Finally, there are printer specific, commercial tools which you could buy to reliably view the AFP. The idea is that they execute the same code as the printer, an example is OCE TrueProof. I don't think I can help you much more, I wish you good luck :) Alexios Giotis > > Thank for your reply. > > Christian Pestel > > christian.pes...@orange.fr > > > -----Message d'origine----- From: Alexios Giotis > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 10:44 PM > To: Christian Pestel > Cc: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org > Subject: [?? Probable Spam] Re: Fop AFP / How to embed Verdana font in afp > file ? > > Hi Christian, > > The code page file is indeed required. Attached you will find T1U01253 which > I used and corresponds to encoding="cp1253" (modern Greek). I got it along > with some other code page files when I asked to convert some TrueType fonts > to AFP fonts. As far as I know, the code page files are standard and you will > need a different code page for French. If I remember well, the Type 1 font I > used did not contain any Greek glyphs, it works because the XSL:FO just > prints HELLO. Other ways of getting code page files are: > - Directly downloading from a mainframe. > - Generating with a commercial tool. > - Extracting from the resource group of an AFP file that contains them. You > will need a basic understanding of the AFP structure and about 200 lines of > Java code. MO:DCA (The Mixed Object Document Content Architecture Reference) > [1] will be your friend. > > Finally, you will need to remove the .OLN extension from CZA585.OLN. > > HTH, > Alexios Giotis > > [1] http://www.afpcinc.org/publications/categories/publications/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
