On 17.07.2007 14:39:29 Kamal wrote:
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> >> Auto detection and auto registration of custom fonts sounds good.  
> >> Can we have more info?
> >
> >
> > Well, it's not perfect, yet, but the basic idea is that users should  
> > not need to worry about registering custom fonts. If the Arial  
> > TrueType font is present on the system where FOP runs, then the user  
> > should now be able to use that font in his FO documents without  
> > taking any additional steps (like generating metrics and registering  
> > triplets in the configuration file).
> 
> How does this work in a Unix environment?

Some known font locations are preconfigured in FOP. FOP goes looking for
fonts in those directories. Additional locations can easily be
configured in the user configuration.

See 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/autodetect/UnixFontDirFinder.java?view=markup

Jeremias Maerki


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