2016-05-08 14:42 GMT+02:00 Don Osborn :
> Some earlier posts in this thread made the observation that PDF is for
> presentation not archiving.
>
I tend to disagree. PDF are hugely used for archiving and for that purpose
it does not matter how it was generated, it is only meant to be a
facsimile, p
Could it be said that a PDF conversion app generating unusual coding of
characters, and doing so without advising users, is an instance of
"Unicode malpractice"? (per David's mention of using the "bully pulpit")
Some earlier posts in this thread made the observation that PDF is for
presentatio
The t_i instance will depend on the quality of the font. If its a standard
ligature there should be a glyph to codepoints assignment in the cmap table
or the ToUnicode mapping in the PDF file.
As David indicates, it isnt a Unicode issue.
It is an issue with the font used and/or the tools used.
P
I agree that it's a real-world problem -- PDFs really should be
searchable -- but I do not see that it's a Unicode issue. Unicode
defines the basic building blocks of LATIN SMALL LETTER T and LATIN
SMALL LETTER I; that's its job. Unicode is not responsible for font
construction or creating PDF
My understand ing is searchability comes down to twho factors:
1) the ToUnicode mapping ...I which mapps glyphs in the font or subsetted
font to Unicode codepoints. Mappings take the form of one glyph to one
codepoint or one glyph to two or more codepoints.
Obviously any glyph that doesnt resolve
This discussion seems to have fizzled out, but I’m concerned that there’s a
real world problem here which is at least partially the concern of the
consortium, so let me stir the pot and see if there’s still any meat left.
On the current release of MacOS (including the developer beta, for your
r
Are those PDF supposed to be searchable inside of them ? For archival
purpose, the PDF are stored in their final form, and search is performed by
creating a database of descriptive metadata. Each time one wants formal
details, they have to read the original the way it was presented (many PDFs
are j
> On Mar 20, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Asmus Freytag (t)
> wrote:
>
> Usually, the archive feature pertains only to the fact that you can reproduce
> the final form, not to being able to get at the correct source (plain text
> backbone) for the document.
My understanding is that PDF/A-1a is suppose
On 3/20/2016 12:11 AM, Janusz S. Bien
wrote:
Quote/Cytat - Andrew Cunningham
(Sun 20 Mar 2016 12:06:29 AM CET):
Hi Don,
Latin is fine if you keep to simple well made fonts and avoid
using more
so
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