I would guess that they are native to PDF, and thus can be referenced with greater simplicity in iText.
-Matt --- "Dimiceli, John - OSHA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paulo - I've been through many of the iText Javadocs > on fonts and cannot > find a definition of the "built-in" fonts. > > Are built-in fonts built-in in the sense they are > native to Acrobat pdf > files or are they native to iText? > > What are the built-in and T1 fonts? > > Thanks to both Paulo and Matt for helping. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:34 AM > To: 'Matt Benson'; Dimiceli, John - OSHA > Cc: itext-questions > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Fonts on Unix > > > Other than the built-in fonts all the others should > be embedded including > T1. > The installation place of the fonts in Unix have the > same problem as in > Windows, you can make some educated guesses but it's > always OS dependent and > Java has no way of knowing it. > > Best Regards, > Paulo Soares > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Benson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 15:09 > > To: Dimiceli, John - OSHA > > Cc: itext-questions > > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Fonts on Unix > > > > 1 and 2 sound right (although I wouldn't think > there > > is truly a concept of font "installation" in a > basic > > Unix environment, hence my use of the word "add" > as in > > "have the file present"), but honestly, your final > > statement is beyond my experience. Fortunately, > in my > > travels through the iText universe I have never > yet > > had to deal with fonts other than those included > > within iText... :) > > > > -Matt > > > > --- "Dimiceli, John - OSHA" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Matt - OK, the issues are becoming clearer... > > > > > > 1. Fonts may have licenses. (Amazing what I take > for > > > granted on Windows.) > > > 2. The fonts must be installed somewhere on my > UNIX > > > OS, then the file > > > referenced in BaseFont.createFont. > > > > > > I assume if using anything other than a TYPE 1 > font, > > > the safe thing is to > > > embed the font in the document to ensure the > > > document renders as developed. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matt Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:55 AM > > > To: Dimiceli, John - OSHA; 'itext' > > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Fonts on Unix > > > > > > > > > Add some? If you install ghostPcl you could get > a > > > lot > > > of (pretty much) openly-licensed fonts that > way... > > > downside: they are installed in /windows/fonts. > > > > > > -Matt > > > > > > --- "Dimiceli, John - OSHA" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > How do I use different fonts on a UNIX machine > > > that > > > > may not have the > > > > extensive font library normally available to > > > > Windows? > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync > to > > > Outlook(TM). > > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync > to Outlook(TM). > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay > > Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! > Click here: > > http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
