Vincent Hennebert wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Thomas Zastrow a écrit : > <snip/> > >> Sorry for that, but I'm not realy satisfied with the fonts which are >> implemented in the FOP, so I converted some of my most beloved free / >> OpenSource fonts. When the license of the font allows it, it would be >> nice to have something like an additional font pack wich could be simply >> downloaded and integrated into FOP. What do you think about this idea? >> > > Hmmm, FOP does not really /implement/ any fonts. That's not the wording > I would use anyway. > For PDF and PS output, FOP uses the default base 14 PDF fonts (the > well-known Times, Helvetica, Courier plus Symbol and ZapfDingbats). > Those are the fonts that are guaranteed to be found on any system, so > which may be usable everywhere without any configuration. I perfectly > understand that you don't like those fonts because (1) they are missing > many (non-western) glyphs; (2) they are seen everywhere so we get tired > of them. But they work... > For AWT output FOP relies on the Java font system which to a certain > extent may use fonts installed on the system. > > It's difficult to find fonts distributable with FOP. Many open-source > fonts have a license incompatible with the Apache license. And even if > that were possible that would not really make sense, users generally > just want to use the fonts they have on their systems. >
I agree. I didn't thought of bundling FOP directly with the fonts. Instead, they could be put on another webpage and the user can download them optional. It was just an idea, as it was some labour to build the metrics for my preferred fonts ;-) > We better try to discover the fonts installed on the system and > automatically configure them. Good news, Adrian Cumiskey recently > submitted a patch which does exactly that. Review and application pending... > > > Huh, that would be the perfect solution ;-) Best, Tom -- ---------------------------- http://www.thomas-zastrow.de German Forum - DTP under Linux: http://www.opendtp.de ---------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
