"Liam R. E. Quin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 20:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > [...] Also, it might be useful to consider
> > matching sub-strings (so Garamond would match AGaramond, or ITC Garamond,
> > for example), but that is really more a fonts.conf issue.
>
> Watch that FF Symbol is not a possible substitute for Symbol --
> one is a text font (sans serif) and the other a symbol/math font.

Right. Didn't think of that. My bad.  Matching fonts ignoring
whitespace is still necessary though.

> Doesn't Acrobat come with a font substittion database? I forget.
> Nor do I know whether Adobe would have any interest in opening
> their font substitution technology.

All I know is that if Acrobat can't find the font in question,
it synthesizes a new one from a MM Type1 font based on the
style and character metrics that are always present in the PDF
FontDescriptor.

Ketih, do you have time to add matching that ignores whitespace
for an upcoming release? It's no rush, and if you don't have time
just say so and I'll try adding it myself.

/tor

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