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Hello Leonard, thanks for answering. > >I am writing an application that embeds all the fonts used in a document as > >type1 because the format is a lot simpler that TrueType. > > OK. > > So if the user provides you with a TTF font, you do what with > it? Convert to T1? Ignore it? I use an common internal representation for all the fonts which is a part of the main system I am extending. That's why I don't have access (nor want) to have access to the font programs themselves. > >However I noticed > >that I am not including kerning information that in some situations makes > >the text look bad. > > Kerning information isn't used by Acrobat when rendering. If you > want text to be kerned, YOU must do it as part of your layout engine as > then integrate into your PDF creation with absolute or relative text > positioning. Since I started this project I already had this feeling many times: it seems that Adobe is forgetting some basic issues and over complicating others. It astonishes me how's a format whose main purpose is to display text, doesn't deal with something as basic as kerning... --Manuel To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
