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If all you need is a type-0 font, then you should be able to throw any old kanji-laden PS file at distiller, and check the output. If you'd like me to send you something, that can be aranged too. --Mark Storer Software Engineer Cardiff Software #include <disclaimer> typdef std::disclaimer<Cardiff> Discard; > -----Original Message----- > From: Leonard Rosenthol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDFdev] Examples Wanted: Type 1 and Composite > Fonts in PDF > > > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > At 3:09 PM -0400 9/3/03, Robert S. Kissel wrote: > > > I am assuming you mean a fully embedded one, and not a subset > > > one, yes? > >Actually, I'd like to see a very clear, simple example of both. > > For Type 1, open source projects like PDFLib Lite, Panda, and > iText all demonstrate how to do full embed of a Type 1 font. Most > folks don't bother with subsetting them since they are pretty small > to begin with. > > For Type 0/Composite fonts, look at iText. It is able to do > subset embedding and creation of Unicode fonts. > > > > > What do you mean by a "composite font"? Type 0? > >I suppose so...I was using the PostScript term...a font that > has other > >fonts as children. > > Type 0/CID fonts... > > > >While we're on this subject, is there a known bug about > using these in > >PDF? > > Not as long as you are using Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and later. v3 > didn't know how to handle them, and other PDF viewer vary as well... > > > > A lot of PostScript interpreters did the wrong things with such > >fonts--for the longest time, GhostScript went to blazes if you did a > >stringwidth operation on a string in such a font. > > The current 8.11 version of GS will handle them quite well... > > > >Yes, and for very large character sets--like we need. It's sort of a > >long story--but suffice it to say that I already HAVE the fonts (in > >PostScript) and essentially, all I really want to know is how to pull > >the PostScript apart and make the right PDF creatures to utilize them > >with the PDF operators. > > Check out the current GS sources... > > > Leonard > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > Leonard Rosenthol > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) > 215-629-0789 (fax) > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
