> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leonard Rosenthol [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 15:41
> To: Paulo Soares; 'Jube au Gaëlle ';
> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] I can't see multiline form fields
>
> At 3:03 PM +0000 2/18/03, Paulo Soares wrote:
> >I suspect that Acrobat is not very clever dealing with fonts in fields or
> >maybe they are clever in not opening the game to other producers.
>
> It's more a case of Adobe not expecting their to be other
> producers and so there are numerous things that are undocumented and
> "specific to Acrobat". It's a major hassle not only for producers,
> but also consumers.
>
>
> >I have
> >Helvetica in an appearance with the name /F1. When I change the content
> of
> >that field the appearance content still has /F1 but in the resources the
> /F1
> >was replaced with /Helv.
>
> Right. For the Base14, you should use the predefined names
> and that can also keep file size down. Also, don't forget to do a
> FULL embed of those fonts and NOT a subset.
>
I suppose you are talking about external fonts, the standard ones
don't have to be embedded.
> >The result is that if I'm inside the field I see
> >the letters, if I leave the field the letters disappear.
>
> That means that the appearance isn't properly updated, since
> when focus in the field, Acrobat does the drawing manually based on
> teh value - but when focus is elsewhere, it just draws the appearance.
>
I know. Let's see if the same trick works for the standard japanese
fonts.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> LDR
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