On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:04:45 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 20:30:05 -0400, Celejar wrote: ... > > $ pdffonts PDF/A_simple_test_page_for_common_fonts.pdf > > name type emb sub uni object ID > > ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- --------- > > XXCIFJ+f-1-0 TrueType yes yes yes 10 0 > > QEHNHK+f-8-0 TrueType yes yes yes 40 0 > > UFQSLH+f-3-0 Type 1C yes yes no 14 0 > > [...] > > > [none] Type 3 yes no yes 22 0 > > [none] Type 3 yes no yes 39 0 > > [none] Type 3 yes no yes 31 0 > > > > Most of the fonts look quite good. > > Maybe we have to be satisfied with that, then. (A font by any other > name...) At least your system is smart enough to only embed the > necessary subsets; I now realized that mine bloats the PDFs with the > complete fonts. Can you elaborate on this? What part of the pdffonts output refers to that? > > The exceptions are Courier, > > Helvetica and Times, which are once again blocky and pixellated. > > What are your fontconfig settings? Here are mine: > > # debconf-get-selections | grep fontconfig | column -t > fontconfig-config fontconfig/subpixel_rendering select Automatic > fontconfig-config fontconfig/enable_bitmaps boolean false > fontconfig-config fontconfig/hinting_type select Native Mine are the same, except for enable_bitmaps, which is set to true. Setting it to false (and restarting X) makes all the fonts on your page look beautiful: http://lizzie.freehostia.com/font-page-no-bitmaps.jpg [With enable_bitmaps set to true: http://lizzie.freehostia.com/font-page-400.jpg] > Disabling the bitmap fonts makes quite a difference for me. (Whether > that is an improvement is a matter of taste, of course; some people seem > to dislike the "fuzzier" look of antialiased and hinted fonts.) This > affects primarily the on-screen rendering; I am not sure if it also > influences the PDF printer. > Florian | Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]