I have used FOP Trunk as opposed to version 0.95, and all the custom fonts I
have tried so far work fine with no need for PRMReader as you said.
Thanks for your help !
Jeremias Maerki-2 wrote:
>
> On 12.03.2009 15:47:24 craigb321 wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am trying to produce PDF and postscript output from XSL:FO using FOP
>> 0.95
>> - and I need to include some custom fonts.
>> The custom fonts are true type currently - and I guessed they needed
>> converting to Type1 before they would work with PostScript.> I converted
>> them to .PFA / .PFB + .AFM files using ttf2pt1, and updated the FOP
>> config
>> file for both PDF and Postscript renderers sections to look in the
>> directory
>> where these live.
>>
>> The PDF picks up the new fonts and they work fine ... (so I am guessing
>> the
>> conversion worked ok).
>> The PostScript runs through FOP with no errors, but the output of the
>> new
>> fonts is all spaces or characters like ! ( " ) .
>> I am wondering if I need to run PFMReader to try and generate the XML
>> metrics file ?? , but I don't have PFM files ...
>
> But you got an AFM, right? Since you're using FOP 0.95, you don't need
> to create an XML metrics file.
>
> I've just tried out ttf2pt1 (never used it before). It turns out that by
> default, it generates AFM files with "EncodingScheme FontSpecific". That
> could explain the wrong characters. However, I've tested with FOP Trunk
> which works fine with this AFM (as I've taught FOP a few things about
> AFMs since 0.95). But I've only tested with one single font. Others may
> not work.
>
> I've used "ttf2pt1 -a -b <ttf-file>". Using "-l adobestd" didn't have an
> effect on the AFM which smells like a bug.
>
> Anyway, I suggest you try FOP Trunk (from the Subversion repository):
> svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk
>
>> Also, when I have tried to execute PFMReader through MS Dos, it has
>> returned a ClassNotFoundException.
>
> Probably a mistake on the classpath, but PFMReader shouldn't really be
> necessary (and will probably also not help at all).
>
>> I would be really grateful for any thoughts !!
>> Thanks,
>> Craig
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