https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54122
--- Comment #4 from Eduard Tibet <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #3) > Hi Edward, > > Thanks for your response. You don't need to create metric files to register > the fonts manually in the fop.xconf file. The fonts topic definitely needs > work as it does appear to imply the metrics generation step is necessary, > but if you read [1] You will see the following note stating metrics files > are not needed: > > •The "metrics-url" attribute is generally not necessary except if you run > into problems with certain fonts. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#register Yes, you are right, but I also talked about these notes: "Font registration via XML font metrics file is still supported and may still be necessary for _some very special cases_ as fallback variant while we stabilize font auto-detection." [1] and "The "metrics-url" attribute is generally not necessary _except if you run into problems_ with certain fonts." [2] Nobody knows where the problems appears. But, anyway, my opinion is only FOP user opinion. You, as a FOP dev, certainly know more about FOP architecture. [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#custom [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#register -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
