Hi Jeremias, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > hmmyes, that's tricky. An (atend) requires a corresponding comment in > the end, but <resources> is defined to provide at least one item. An > ugly work-around would be to always list "Helvetica" as needed resources > and to generate a corresponding %%IncludeResource although it might > never be used.
FWIW, when optimization mode is off, /all/ of the base 14 fonts are %%IncludeResource:’d in the setup section of the document, whether they are actually used or not; And they aren’t listed in %%DocumentNeededResources:. I don’t know whether it’s another violation of the DSC specification or not. > At any rate, this happens only with the resource optimization disabled. > I think I'd add the missing (atend) but omit the trailer comment (when > there are no needed resources) in the hope that any consumer can deal > with it. We've never had any complaints about DSC comments that caused > trouble AFAICR. I guess using a document manager goes in pair with optimizing the PostScript output anyway. Thanks, Vincent > On 25.06.2010 13:07:51 Vincent Hennebert wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The PostScript Document Structuring Conventions Specification states >> that the %%DocumentNeededResources: comment can be specified in the >> %%Trailer section, but if this is the case it must also be present in >> the header with an (atend) value. >> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/postscript/pdfs/5001.DSC_Spec.pdf >> >> This is not what FOP does. I suppose that that’s because external >> resources aren’t always needed (mainly, the base 14 fonts aren’t being >> used). But if they are then the document violates the DSC specification. >> >> There doesn’t seem to be any easy fix for that problem. We can’t >> systematically put it in the header because then it /must/ appear in the >> %%Trailer section as well. But if no base 14 font is used then it’s not >> needed. But if a base 14 font is used then I guess it’s too late when we >> know it, the header has already been produced. That kills a bit the >> utility of the (atend) feature. >> >> So... WDYT? >> >> Thanks, >> Vincent > > > > > Jeremias Maerki >
