Hi Tomasz

FOP currently hardcodes the base14 fonts as Java classes and in
single-byte, single-encoding mode. That means (except for Symbol and
ZapfDingbats) WinAnsiEncoding only. So currently, there is no
possibility to get CE characters out of the box, because FOP doesn't
have the character metrics for these additional characters.

PDF 1.4 defines the set of Base 14 fonts and mentions that the
corresponding AFM metrics files can be downloaded from Adobe's website.
That also implies that all characters found in the AFM files are to be
considered available. As you've seen above, FOP only supports a subset
of that at the moment.

What you can do at this time is just configure the base 14 fonts in
userconfig.xml to override FOP's built-in set:

Download the base 14 AFM set from here:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font.html
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/font/pdfs/Core14_AFMs.zip

Put all the AFMs in a directory. Repeat the following for every base 14
font that you need:

   <font embed-url="file:///D:/Install/Fonts/Adobe Base 14 AFM/Helvetica.pfb">
     <font-triplet name="Helvetica" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
     <font-triplet name="sans-serif" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
     <font-triplet name="any" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
   </font>

Obviously, you have to adjust the file URL and change font-triplets as
necessary. And you'll note my use of the ".pfb" file (tha actual font
program) which is not in the ZIP downloaded from Adobe. That doesn't
matter. FOP derives the ".afm" file from the ".pfb" filename. The final
clue is not to embed the font by adding:

  <fonts> <!-- that's the general "fonts" section, not the format-specific one! 
-->
    <referenced-fonts>
      <match font-family="Helvetica"/>
    </referenced-fonts>
  </fonts>

See http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/fonts.html#embedding

That should give you what you're looking for.


On 23.06.2011 23:42:33 Tomasz Judycki wrote:
> 
> Mehdi,
> 
> May be I don't understand details in PDF technology - I'm not an expert in
> this area. It seems to me that my example of PDF file use WinAnsi encoding
> for base 14 fonts. Look inside, at font definitions:
> /Type /Font
> /Subtype /Type1
> /Name /BF5
> /Encoding 4 0 R
> /BaseFont /Helvetica
> 
> Encoding is defined in 4 0 R, I've quoted it already:
> 4 0 obj
> <<
> /Type /Encoding
> /BaseEncoding /WinAnsiEncoding
> /Differences [
> 143 /Zacute
> 159 /zacute
> ....
> 
> Isn't in Base14 font in WinAnsi encoding? And still some extra characters -
> defined by glyph names - are displayed properly.
> 
> I don't want FOP to support other encodings in Base14 fonts - I'm not sure
> if it's possible according to PDF format. I just want to add that
> "/Differences" - this mechanism is supported in PDFEncoding.java but that's
> for embedded fonts only, I believe.
> 
> If you know perfectly FOP source code and assure that there is absolutely no
> way to produce a PDF like the one I've attached then I'll try to implement
> that mechanism in FOP. It could be difficult to me because of my limited
> knowledge of FOP and PDF but it's worth trying.
> 
> Tomasz
> 
> 
> mehdi houshmand wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Tomasz,
> > 
> > Sorry, maybe I didn't communicate what I meant properly. I wasn't
> > saying there's no way to do that in PDF, or that the PDF spec doesn't
> > allow that. I only meant that in FOP the base 14 fonts are encoded
> > using WinAnsi. This means that FOP doesn't do what you're asking for.
> > It is possible to get FOP to support more encodings, but the feature
> > would have to be implemented.
> > 
> > Mehdi
> > 
> > On 23 June 2011 18:36, Tomasz Judycki <tjudy...@tv.com.pl> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Mehdi,
> >>
> >> Have you looked at pdf_pl.pdf attached to my first post? This is proof
> >> that
> >> it's possible to do what I want. The size of this file is < 12kb,
> >> definitely
> >> no embedded fonts but all Polish characters are properly printed. I guess
> >> you can't read Polish but compare PDF with JPG and if they look the same
> >> you
> >> can't say that there's no way to do that.
> >>
> >> I just don't know how to use the same method using FOP.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Tomasz
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> mehdi houshmand wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Tomasz,
> >>>
> >>> I could be wrong here, since I haven't tested this myself, but I'm
> >>> pretty sure that currently there's no way to do what you're wanting
> >>> without embedding the font. The Base14Fonts only look like they
> >>> support WinAnsi encoding (with the obvious exception of ZapfDingbats
> >>> and Symbol).
> >>>
> >>> Hope that helps,
> >>>
> >>> Mehdi
> >>>
> >>> On 23 June 2011 13:45, Tomasz Judycki <tjudy...@tv.com.pl> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi!
> >>>>
> >>>> People say that it's not possible to generate a PDF file with Central
> >>>> European characters using only Base14 fonts and that embedding true
> >>>> type
> >>>> fonts is necessary to achieve that. However I managed to do so, using
> >>>> another technology, several years ago. Look at the example
> >>>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31910912/pdf_pl.pdf pdf_pl.pdf  (it should
> >>>> looks
> >>>> like  http://old.nabble.com/file/p31910912/pdf_pl.jpg pdf_pl.jpg ).
> >>>> This
> >>>> PDF
> >>>> file contains:
> >>>>
> >>>> 4 0 obj
> >>>> <<
> >>>> /Type /Encoding
> >>>> /BaseEncoding /WinAnsiEncoding
> >>>> /Differences [
> >>>> 143 /Zacute
> >>>> 159 /zacute
> >>>> 140 /Sacute
> >>>> 156 /sacute
> >>>> 202 /Eogonek
> >>>> 234 /eogonek
> >>>> 198 /Cacute
> >>>> 230 /cacute
> >>>> 209 /Nacute
> >>>> 241 /nacute
> >>>> 211 /Oacute
> >>>> 243 /oacute
> >>>> 163 /Lslash
> >>>> 179 /lslash
> >>>> 165 /Aogonek
> >>>> 185 /aogonek
> >>>> 175 /Zdotaccent
> >>>> 191 /zdotaccent
> >>>> ]
> >>>>>>
> >>>> endobj
> >>>>
> >>>> The problem was described several times, e.g.:
> >>>> http://old.nabble.com/Using-Central-European-characters-td3739791.html
> >>>> https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17828
> >>>>
> >>>> It seems that FOP 1.0 implements Central European encoding, for example
> >>>> in
> >>>> src/codegen/fonts/encodings.xml there is definition of CE_ENCODING.
> >>>>
> >>>> The question is: how could I generate PDF from
> >>>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31910912/pltext.fo pltext.fo  (effect
> >>>> should
> >>>> looks like  http://old.nabble.com/file/p31910912/pltext.jpg pltext.jpg
> >>>> )
> >>>> using just Base14 fonts?
> >>>>
> >>>> I would like to avoid embedding true type fonts to simplify the
> >>>> solution
> >>>> and
> >>>> to keep PDF small. Embedded font means +300kb.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Tomasz Judycki
> >>>>
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