Thanks again sir. :) - [email protected]
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > No, the font changes haven't been integrated in the 1.8.* version (and it > won't happen) and the 2.0 version hasn't been released yet (although it is > better than ever). > > Sorry, I can't tell (i.e. don't know) when the 2.0 version will be > released. See also the controversial discussion on the dev mailing list. > > Tilman > > Am 21.10.2014 um 19:17 schrieb Tres Finocchiaro: > > @Tilman, >> >> About 8 months has gone by since your very generous response about the >> features in PDFBOX 2.0, specifically those in regards to font rendering. >> >> Are embedded fonts still waiting on the 2.0 release, or have there been >> changes in 1.8.7 which have accelerated some of these features to the 1.8 >> branch? >> >> I'm sorry if this question is answered elsewhere. We are looking to >> migrate an open source product from pdf-renderer, and font support is our >> biggest hurdle currently. :) >> >> - [email protected] >> >> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Most of the time, the 2.0 version is very stable. There's currently a lot >>> going on but I hope that all the regressions will be solved in a few >>> days. >>> >>> Tilman >>> >>> Am 26.02.2014 06:55, schrieb Tres Finocchiaro: >>> >>> @Tilman, >>> >>>> Thank you for the record-breaking fast response! >>>> >>>> qz-print can certainly migrate to JDK6 if needed. >>>> >>>> The project only use the silent print feature (no bouncycastle, no >>>> advanced >>>> logging). Would I be a good usecase for 2.0.0 or should I hold off for >>>> a >>>> milestone release? >>>> >>>> - [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Tilman Hausherr < >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> Yes this is a known problem. PDFBOX 2.0 has a much improved font >>>> >>>>> rendering. But that one needs JDK 6 :-( >>>>> Tilman >>>>> >>>>> Am 26.02.2014 06:41, schrieb Tres Finocchiaro: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, I'm the author of qz-print and for our next release, we're >>>>> switching >>>>> >>>>> from pdf-renderer to pdf-box. >>>>>> >>>>>> Things are working pretty well in terms of integration, however I've >>>>>> noticed that fonts seem to render a bit off on some platforms. >>>>>> >>>>>> After investigating this, I decided to make the output a bit more >>>>>> verbose >>>>>> and go this: >>>>>> >>>>>> INFO: Couldn't load VYQQAT+Arial, using font Arial instead >>>>>> >>>>>> INFO: Couldn't load QTPJOZ+TimesNewRoman, using font Times New Roman >>>>>> >>>>>>> instead >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From my research the ABCDEF+Font names are embedded fonts, which >>>>>>> >>>>>> from my >>>>>> little experience reading the PDFBOX source code there is some form of >>>>>> support for embedded fonts. >>>>>> >>>>>> Reactively, I've created some improved font mapping for Ubuntu ( >>>>>> http://jsfiddle.net/LpBLw/) but I have to ask, am I doing something >>>>>> wrong >>>>>> that is preventing embedded fonts from loading? >>>>>> >>>>>> FYI - I compile my program using JDK5. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's the source tree I'm working from: >>>>>> https://github.com/qzindustries/qz-print/tree/master/pdfbox_1.8.4_qz >>>>>> >>>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated and thank you for the excellent work! >>>>>> >>>>>> -Tres >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >
