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Why don't you convert those fonts as ASCII type 1 (PFA) fonts? They are legible, quite small and render perfectly. Christian Le 10/07/03 15:21, Jeff Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit�: > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > I've written a Java PDF generation app/library (reportmill) and for > text support I wrote what I thought was clever code to encode font > subsets as Type 3 fonts (this is much cheaper than encoding a whole > TrueType font and much easier that dynamically constructing a TrueType > font). However, the Acrobat Reader renders these on the screen in a > ridiculously blocky way, which can be fixed if I can convince every > user in the world to turn on their Preferences->Display->Smooth Line > Art switch (does Adobe assume we're still using 25 Mhz machines? :-). > The same text also renders fine to the printer or if zoomed up, and > renders fine in other PDF viewers, such as Mac OS X Preview. > > I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and write dynamic TrueType font > file generation for my subsets, but I was hoping there was some secret > to get Acrobat Reader to render Type 3 fonts the right way from inside > my PDF (perhaps I'm missing something or doing something wrong?). > > jeff martin > http://reportmill.com > 214.513.1636 > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
