On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:32 PM, shimi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2011/9/12 Kfir Lavi <[email protected]> > >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Kfir Lavi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> The CPA of our company gave me the salary in pdf. >>> It is done with SHIKLULIT LE HALONOT (שיקלולית לחלונות). >>> The header font is showing ok, but the font inside the form, >>> shows in GIBRISH. >>> It seems like a mismatch of font?! >>> I'm using evince. >>> I have culmus fonts installed. >>> >>> output of pdffonts: >>> kfir@goofy /tmp $ pdffonts 2011.08.pdf >>> name type emb sub uni object >>> ID >>> ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- >>> --------- >>> Arial CID TrueType no no yes >>> 6 0 >>> Arial,Bold CID TrueType no no yes >>> 10 0 >>> Miriam CID TrueType no no yes >>> 13 0 >>> David CID TrueType no no yes >>> 16 0 >>> David,Bold CID TrueType no no yes >>> 19 0 >>> MiriamFixed,Bold CID TrueType no no yes >>> 22 0 >>> >>> kfir@goofy /tmp $ pdfinfo !$ >>> pdfinfo 2011.08.pdf >>> Creator: pdfsam-console (Ver. 2.4.0e) >>> Producer: iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT >>> CreationDate: Sun Sep 11 20:12:03 2011 >>> ModDate: Sun Sep 11 20:12:03 2011 >>> Tagged: no >>> Pages: 1 >>> Encrypted: no >>> Page size: 595.274 x 841.888 pts (A4) >>> File size: 25669 bytes >>> Optimized: no >>> PDF version: 1.4 >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Kfir >>> >> >> When I create a docuement with LibreOffice, just for testing, and export >> it to pdf the font names look different: >> kfir@goofy /tmp $ pdffonts test.pdf >> name type emb sub uni object >> ID >> ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- >> --------- >> BAAAAA+DavidCLM-Medium TrueType yes yes yes 9 >> 0 >> kfir@goofy /tmp $ pdffonts test1.pdf >> name type emb sub uni object >> ID >> ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- >> --------- >> BAAAAA+ArialMT TrueType yes yes yes 9 >> 0 >> >> Does the name counts? >> >> > Not sure (logic says that "yes, it should matter", as PDF should be > *identical* where ever it is displayed, and thus a similar name should not > cut it, unlike "font-family" in HTML...) - however - given your specific > example, you can see that the font itself has been embedded in the PDF, and > will thus always work. The same trick can be done by your CPA - if s/he will > save the PDF with the option to "embed" / "inline" the fonts, the PDF would > work anywhere, for everyone, on any device/OS, regardless of fonts... s/he > might want to do it in general (the price of course is larger PDFs, as they > contain the font data...) > > -- Shimi > > Yes, I'm trying to find a Linux solution for the problem without asking the CPA to ask SHIKLULIT why they are saving the pdf without embedding the fonts.
Kfir
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