10:06 p.m.
First off I must admit that I need to install FC2 final before I do any
further investigation - but I can't do that, an app I need does build in
FC2T2 (and works in updated T3) does not build in FC2 final, so I can't
update until the developer releases an official fix (coming soon).
Here's the issue.
Out of several commercial ttf fonts that I have purchased, one does not
*fully* work in FC2T3
It behaves exactly as expected in AbiWord both on screen printing to my
LaserJet 4 (using CUPS)
The problem is that when I print to PDF file using the "create PDF"
function of the AbiWord print menu, this particular font gets screwed up
royally. Other fonts I have purchased work just fine.
I would like to know how I can determine if it is a font problem or an
application problem (I am for now assuming it is a gnome-print problem)
- and once that is determined, how to get it fixed.
If it is a font problem then clearly it needs to be reported as a bug to
the font foundry. If it is a gnome-print problem, then it needs to be
fixed in the OSS world.
Unfortunately it is a commercial font - but it is not an expensive one,
and I would be willing to purchase license for a QUALIFIED fedora
developer to fix the issue, assuming it is a Fedora bug and not a font
bug. I can not pay the salary of the developer, just the font license to
verify the bug.
Assuming it isn't magically fixed by installing FC2 and running yum
update, how do I go about getting it fixed?
The font is Schreibmaschine
Here is what it looks like in AbiWord:
http://homepage.mac.com/mpeters/misc/fonts.png
Here is what it looks like when printed to PDF:
http://homepage.mac.com/mpeters/misc/fonts-gpdf.png
Here is the pdf file that produced pdf image:
http://homepage.mac.com/mpeters/misc/fonts.pdf
All my myfonts.com fonts are installed in /usr/share/fonts/purchased and
a proper fonts.dir and fonts.scale is in that directory - all of them
work in AbiWord and other apps that use ttf fonts - all EXCEPT the
Schreibmaschine font work fine when printed to pdf.
The font is from http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/schreibmaschine/
11:07 p.m.
Hello Michael,
PDF only has a couple of core fonts that must be a part of the spec.
there should be a way to embed your custom fonts into the PDF however.
mike
On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 23:06, Michael A. Peters wrote:
The problem is that when I print to PDF file using the "create
PDF"
function of the AbiWord print menu, this particular font gets screwed up
royally. Other fonts I have purchased work just fine.
11:41 p.m.
I don't believe that is the issue because some of the other fonts work
fine - such as shimmer and phollic - an indication that gnome-print (or
whatever generated the PDF) already knows how to embed them - but it
doesn't work with the one font for some reason.
On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 21:07, mr mike wrote:
Hello Michael,
PDF only has a couple of core fonts that must be a part of the spec.
there should be a way to embed your custom fonts into the PDF however.
mike
On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 23:06, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> The problem is that when I print to PDF file using the "create PDF"
> function of the AbiWord print menu, this particular font gets screwed up
> royally. Other fonts I have purchased work just fine.
12:43 a.m.
This would likely be because gnome-print doesn't yet embed ttf if I
understand correctly. There are patches going in to the development
series right now that should correct this.
Trever
On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 21:41 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
I don't believe that is the issue because some of the other fonts
work
fine - such as shimmer and phollic - an indication that gnome-print (or
whatever generated the PDF) already knows how to embed them - but it
doesn't work with the one font for some reason.
--
"Those willing to give up a little liberty for a little security deserve
neither security nor liberty." -- Benjamin Franklin
7:28 a.m.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 08:06:24PM -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
The problem is that when I print to PDF file using the "create
PDF"
function of the AbiWord print menu, this particular font gets screwed up
royally. Other fonts I have purchased work just fine.
If you use the font with another app (say open office) and generate a PDF
do you get the same problem ? Does the pdf read ok with other tools/systems
(ie is the PDF creation or reading broken ?)
Here is the pdf file that produced pdf image:
http://homepage.mac.com/mpeters/misc/fonts.pdf
My FC2 simply declines to render the bits in that font.
Alan
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