Yes, an "attribute" in the font file(s) is the controlling factor, plus (as Mats says) Adobe Acrobat versions can detect that attribute and refuse to embed the fonts into PDF files. Other PDF creating utilities may or may not adhere to that convention or nicety.
That's modern "IP" - a great inconvenience to most of us. I agree that it would be useful to know where freely-exchangeable fonts may be obtained, and whether the fonts installed with various MI versions are intended only for print-to-paper purposes. It's a fact of life these days that PDF is the current defacto standard for document exchange. Maybe it will change to something "Metro-like" once Windows Vista is released. --- Ian Thomas GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia -----Original Message----- From: Mats Elfström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Ang. MI-L Font license restrictions (was: MI-L Writing Maps to PDF) Hi All! I think this has something to do with certain attributes that can be off or on in the font file. This was a later addition to the font spec, and maybe earlier pdf engines didn't care about it. The thing is, I think the not-embeddable attribute has been left on, or inadvertently set in a distant past when it did not matter. I do not think MapInfo Corp means to block the use of map symbols as it seems. The attribute can be removed with a font editor and then all is cool. Hälsning / Best regards Mats.E ________________________ FB Engineering AB Södra Förstadsgatan 26 211 43 Malmö Tel: 040-660 25 50 Mobil: 0705-27 60 27 Fax: 040-660 25 99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.fbe.se "Lars V. Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2005-09-23 08:47 Till <[email protected]> Kopia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ärende MI-L Font license restrictions (was: MI-L Writing Maps to PDF) I still think it would be very interesting to know of any licensing restriction accompanying MapInfo fonts. And whether or not this has changed over versions, or whether this is something Adobe introduced in v7 ? Anyone with MapInfo that want to comment on this ? The used fonts in maps / layouts are a vital part of these, without them the appeareance degrades significantly. And PDF output from MapInfo is not some dubious, shady business by any means, so it's a valid concern that's raised here, imho. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Lars V. Nielsen -------------------------------------------------------- Hvenegaard A/S Rugaardsvej 55, DK-5000 Odense C Denmark Tel. +45 6313 5050 http://www.hvenegaard.dk -----Original Message----- From: Apers Mathieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 September 2005 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: MI-L Writing Maps to PDF Hi Folks I have just had Adobe Writer v7 installed onto my PC so I can create maps to pdf... Every time I try to write one, the error message below comes up. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________ %%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%% %%[ Error: Map-Symbols cannot be embedded because of licensing restrictions. ]%% %%[ Font vendor (Alts) does not permit this font to be embedded in PDF. ]%% [Warning] The font Map-Symbols could not be embedded because of licensing restrictions. Text may display incorrectly on platforms that do not have this font installed. %%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: show; ErrorInfo: CharOffsets e ÿÿÿÿ ( fonts/XCE85FD50 ]%% Stack: () %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %% ___________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________ It looks like my map symbols I am using in my thematic (Map Symbols, Filled Circle) is Licenced to Mapinfo and I can't write it to PDF. What's that all about? Cheers Mathieu Apers Mapping Co-ordinator Letterbox Channel This email with any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. 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