Hi, Unless you know this specific font is embeddable (which I don't), that's not ubiquitously true. There is a flag in the font program which indicates whether it is embeddable or not [1]. If you open it an font viewer, it should tell you the restrictions set.
[1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/os2.htm#fst Mehdi On 24 April 2012 16:57, Glenn Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > I notice at [1] that editable embedding is allowed. Note that FOP does not > embed the entire font, but only those glyphs used in the document. I would > be surprised if you were subject to redistribution licensing costs given > this situation. > > [1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FM > ID=1802<http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1802> > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jean-Philippe Courson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Glenn, >> >> I don't want to embed the fonts to avoid significant font redistribution >> licensing costs. >> >> The produced PDFs will be distributed to people having the fonts >> installed on their machine. >> >> Thanks for your help >> >> Best regards, >> JP >> >> On 24 Apr 2012, at 16:28, Glenn Adams wrote: >> >> why do you *not* want to embed? note that only the actually used glyphs >> will be embedded in a subset font, so size should not be an issue >> >> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Jean-Philippe Courson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Glenn, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. >>> >>> In your example, you are embedding the font: >>> >>> <font embed-url="simsun.ttf"> the embed-url attribute will get the font >>> embedded. >>> >>> I have no problem creating a chinese PDF when the font is embedded. >>> >>> The issue I am raising is when trying to reference (not embed) the font. >>> >>> Thanks for your help, >>> >>> Best regards, >>> JP >>> >>> On 23 Apr 2012, at 15:26, Glenn Adams wrote: >>> >>> > I just tried this with the font you referenced and had no problem. >>> Attached is the configuration file and input file I used and resulting >>> output. I'm using the current FOP 1.1dev (trunk) build. >>> > >>> > As Chris points out, you may wish to avoid <auto-detect/>. Also, you >>> notice that I disabled the font cache and placed the font in a "fonts" >>> subdirectory where I did the test. >>> > >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> >
