On 22.03.2008 01:59:18 Christopher R. Maden wrote: > Thanks to Vincent for the earlier answer about page-breaking and tables; > I am looking forward to trying 0.95 when it’s available.
One more reason to look forward to 0.95: see below. > On a completely different project, I am having trouble (still with 0.94) > with PostScript Type 1 fonts. > > I have the complete set of New Caledonia Type 1 fonts, originally > installed on a Macintosh. I have .pfb and .afm files for each font. > However, FOP complains: > > Mar 21, 2008 4:32:44 PM org.apache.fop.fonts.autodetect.FontInfoFinder > find > SEVERE: Unable to load font file: > file:/home/crism/src/atmom/./new-caledonia/NewCaledonia.pfb. Reason: > Cannot load font: failed to create Source for font > file /home/crism/src/atmom/./new-caledonia/newcaledonia.pfm > > The long-term question: Why does FOP care about PFMs when AFMs are > available? PFMs contain less information and are usually only found on > Windows machines. Because noone built an AFM parser until recently. ;-) > Short-term question: Does anyone know of a better AFM-to-PFM convertor > than the 14-year-old afm2pfm that’s still floating around? It dumps > core on my Linux box and does not produce helpful results. No. But hey, there's light at the end of the tunnel: FOP Trunk now contains an AFM parser. It will be built into FOP 0.95. FOP 0.95beta will be available within the next two days. Feedback welcome. > Thanks in advance for any help, > Chris > > [Just in case anyone cares: Yes, I purchased the set of New Caledonia > from Linotype, which included a license to install the fonts on up to > five computers and one printer. (-: Unfortunately, the install key is > long since lost, and wouldn’t have let me install on Linux anyway.] > -- > Chris Maden, text nerd <URL: http://crism.maden.org/ > > “Metonymy and synecdoche don’t do the fighting and dying, the > soldiers and the townspeople do.” —John Crowley, _Endless Things_ > GnuPG Fingerprint: C6E4 E2A9 C9F8 71AC 9724 CAA3 19F8 6677 0077 C319 Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
