Hi, The vote has now closed and has 6 +1 with no other votes. I will merge the branch in shortly.
Thanks all, Robert > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Merge Temp_PCLSoftFont branch with trunk > To: fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org > From: bowditch_ch...@hotmail.com > Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:25:09 +0100 > > Hi Rob, > > Thanks for developing this useful addition to PCL Renderer. > > +1 > > Thanks, > > Chris > > On 04/08/2015 16:33, Robert Meyer wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > This is a vote to merge the temporary branch for adding PCL soft font > > support to FOP trunk. > > > > What this allows for are TrueType fonts to be converted into a PCL > > native font format. This moves FOP away from using AWT and rasterized > > characters allowing for PCL output to potentially be generated over a > > cloud, better rendering quality and smaller documents. Other font > > formats will still be rasterized but TrueType will now default to > > being converted for PCL output. > > > > If you want to give it a try please do. The branch can be found here: > > > > http://svn.eu.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/branches/Temp_PCLSoftFonts > > > > <https://svn.eu.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/branches/Temp_PCLSoftFonts> > > > > This vote wll last 6 days (as I'm unavailable this weekend) and will > > conclude next Monday. > > > > Here is my +1. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Robert >
