Oh yeah, that's the one catch that is often found with OTF fonts: our lack of support for the Compact Font Format (CFF). Probably not too difficult to implement but so far nobody had enough of an itch to do it. I guess that leaves you with two options: 1. Implement support for CFF in FOP. 2. Try to convert the font into a TrueType font with TrueType glyph data instead of CFF glyph data. The first stop here is probably http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
Sorry for not remembering that possibility earlier. On 11.08.2008 21:41:58 Steffanina, Jeff wrote: > > Sorry for the thread mix-up earlier.... I wasn't watching where I was > clicking. > > The original custom fonts had an extension of .otf I have used the > same file names with both the .otf and .ttf extensions with the same > result. > > Can anyone suggest a way to get around the CFF issue below? > > Aug 11, 2008 3:30:55 PM org.apache.fop.fonts.autodetect.FontInfoFinder > find > SEVERE: Unable to load font file: > file:/YY/Java1.4/fop-0.95/fonts/GothamRounded-Bold.ttf. Reason: OpenType > fonts with CFF data are not supported, yet > Aug 11, 2008 3:30:55 PM org.apache.fop.fonts.autodetect.FontInfoFinder > find > SEVERE: Unable to load font file: > file:/YY/Java1.4/fop-0.95/fonts/GothamRounded-Bookld.ttf. Reason: > OpenType fonts with CFF data are not supported, yet > Aug 11, 2008 3:30:56 PM org.apache.fop.fonts.autodetect.FontInfoFinder > find > SEVERE: Unable to load font file: > file:/YY/JLS/Java1.4/fop-0.95/fonts/GothamRounded-Medium.ttf. Reason: > OpenType fonts with CFF data are not supported, yet > > If I send you the font file, can you try to load it? > > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 10:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Using a custom OTF font (was: Possible to avoid page breaks > between table rows with keep-together?) > > Steffanina, please don't hijack threads or at least change the subject. > Thanks. > > If the font is well done, it should be working in FOP without change. > You can treat it like a TrueType font. If it doesn't, please let us know > what doesn't work. Documentation as on our website: > http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/fonts.html#basics > > On 11.08.2008 16:06:35 Steffanina, Jeff wrote: > > I am using fop-0.95 on RedHat Linux running Linux applications (100%). > > My problem is that one division insists on using a custom font in the > > .OTF format that was created by a typographical company and therefore > > requires licensing. This is not a problem. > > > > What does the font vendor have to do to make the font work in the > Linux > > environmen using FOP (legally, of course) ? Is it as simple as > > converting the font to a .TTF? > > > > > > I need a description of what would have to be done to send directly to > > them. > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
