It would help to see one of those PDFs. Paulo
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Mogielnicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:51 PM Subject: [iText-questions] Problem with Embedded fonts >I am using Itext(1.3.4) to create pdfs, and using hylafax(v4.2.1) as > the fax server to fax them. I use gnu-hylafax(v0.0.8.3) as the Java > API to hylafax. > > Hylafax uses GhostScript to convert the PDFs to gs to fax them. About > 30% of the faxes fail because the hylafax converter program (pdf2ps) > determined that there was a problem: > > "**** Warning: An error occurred while reading an XREF table. > **** The file has been damaged. This may have been caused > **** by a problem while converting or transfering the file. > **** Ghostscript will attempt to recover the data. > Error: /ioerror in --readstring-- > <...snipped...> > Check any PostScript documents for non-standard fonts and invalid > constructs." > > All the PDFs in appear fine when viewed in the Acrobat viewer. When I > view them in GS (solaris v8.14) it appears fine, but this message is > shown: > > "Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/8.14/lib/fonts/n019003l.pfb... 2257168 > 902873 2169348 879445 3 done. > **** Warning: Fonts with Subtype = /TrueType should be embedded. > But Verdana is not embedded. > Scanning /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/outline for fonts... 16 > files, 15 scanned, 0 new fonts. > Substituting font Helvetica for Verdana." > > My document uses the Verdana True type font. I embed it in the code by: > > ... > bfVerdana = BaseFont.createFont(FONTDIR + > BODYFONTNAME, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); > fontVerdana10 = new Font(bfVerdana, 10, Font.NORMAL); > ... > > Does anyone have any thoughts on why GS and pdf2ps don't recognize the > embedded font? > > Thanks in advance for any and all help. Please let me know if I can > give more information. > > -Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
