Re: Fonts in PDF (embedded postscript)
I've looked at the files. I'm not sure but it could be a bug in the PFB parser. GhostScript complains about PFB segment lengths when opening the PDF (See File/Show Messages). I can investigate further next week. In Ad.ps the Creator is shown as ICE. What's that? Wouldn't it be possible to generate SVG instead of PS? That would avoid any problems. Having high-resolution TIFFs could also be a solution. On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:54:08 +0100 Torsten Erler wrote: Attached is a sample pdf file with one included postscsript-ad (Ad.ps). The PDF uses the same font like the original postscript file (BellCentennial). The postscript file is called in the generated fo-file as followed: fo:block text-align=center fo:external-graphic src=file:/c:/Ad.ps/ /fo:block I print the document on command line from whithin a java program: Runtime.getRuntime().exec( [path_to_acrobat]/acdrord32.exe myfile.pdf /p /h ); The text in the pdf is using this special font but the postscript font will be substituted on printing with Courier. If I print the generated pdf document to a postscript-file and open it with gsview everything looks ok (fonts are installed in ghostscripts fonts directory). It's impossible to embedd the font in each postscript file, because of the most of the postscript files contains only one line (like Name Tel.-Nr.). (Theoretically) hundreds of generated ad's are in one pdf-proof and thousends of proofs can be processed in a batch. ThanX Torsten -Original Message- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dienstag, 12. November 2002 13:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fonts in PDF (embedded postscript) Probably, it has something to do with the way a particular font is referenced. Acrobat maps the font names to different names when you convert a PDF to PS. The PS part in the PDF has then no access to the embedded fonts because the names don't match. You could try to let the application that produces your EPS files embedd the fonts. I've checked with CorelDraw and it works. But that will obviously mean that the font gets embedded twice, once for the EPS and once for the PDF. Another approach is to switch to SVG instead of EPS. Can you post a sample? How do you print the PDF? Jeremias Maerki Jeremias Maerki
Fonts in PDF (embedded postscript)
Hi all, I create pdf-documents with fop which have other postscript files inside. Now when I print the generated pdf, the fonts (specified in the postscript) are substituted by (I think) Courier. I've tried to embed these fonts into the pdf. Now the content of the pdf uses this fonts correctbut the embedded postscript looks still poor on printing. I print the pdf via command line on Acrobat Reader 5.0. Has anyone an idea? ThanX Torsten Erler Junior Software DeveloperE-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: (+49) 351-31875-0Direct: (+49) 351-31875-754net-linx Europe GmbH Kaethe-Kollwitz-Ufer 76 01309 Dresden, Germany
RE: Fonts in PDF (embedded postscript)
Attached is a sample pdf file with one included postscsript-ad (Ad.ps). The PDF uses the same font like the original postscript file (BellCentennial). The postscript file is called in the generated fo-file as followed: fo:block text-align=center fo:external-graphic src=file:/c:/Ad.ps/ /fo:block I print the document on command line from whithin a java program: Runtime.getRuntime().exec( [path_to_acrobat]/acdrord32.exe myfile.pdf /p /h ); The text in the pdf is using this special font but the postscript font will be substituted on printing with Courier. If I print the generated pdf document to a postscript-file and open it with gsview everything looks ok (fonts are installed in ghostscripts fonts directory). It's impossible to embedd the font in each postscript file, because of the most of the postscript files contains only one line (like Name Tel.-Nr.). (Theoretically) hundreds of generated ad's are in one pdf-proof and thousends of proofs can be processed in a batch. ThanX Torsten -Original Message- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dienstag, 12. November 2002 13:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fonts in PDF (embedded postscript) Probably, it has something to do with the way a particular font is referenced. Acrobat maps the font names to different names when you convert a PDF to PS. The PS part in the PDF has then no access to the embedded fonts because the names don't match. You could try to let the application that produces your EPS files embedd the fonts. I've checked with CorelDraw and it works. But that will obviously mean that the font gets embedded twice, once for the EPS and once for the PDF. Another approach is to switch to SVG instead of EPS. Can you post a sample? How do you print the PDF? Jeremias Maerki attachment: example.zip
