On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Peter,**** > > ** ** > > The COS output is horrible formatted, so I read only first line ;-) > Sorry - that is what COSDictionary.toString() gave. > **** > > It uses FontFile3 stream.**** > > FontFile3 stream contains font either in Compact Font Format ( CFF) or > OpenType Format (OTF) **** > > which are not supported by java.**** > > The font name is “FKAJPF+AdvOT3b30f6db.B” which means that it is subset > font of font named “AdvOT3b30f6db.B”. > I am ignorant about fonts so please correct any errors. > **** > > I don’t know exactly how PdfBox handles CFF/OpenType fonts, probably they > just search for surrogate font (by name) or some kind default font (since I > never saw such horrible font name in system fonts). > I have no idea where the font came from. It's probably created by the publisher or bought from a supplier. > I don’t know if this is really useful for you. > It's very useful! First it explains why I had problems and gives me confidence in the process. > **** > > I also have no idea why font name/style are not set.**** > > It may be nevertheless valid font.**** > > ** ** > > BTW The only way to make java understand CFF/OTF fonts is to convert them > to Type1 fonts.**** > > I doubt that there are any free java program which could do it.**** > > ** > Thanks for the information. > ** > > / (I managed to write parser for CFF fonts, but still have to dig into > Type1 font format, however my to do list is really long and Type1 format in > not on first place ;-)) > What does the parser do? > **** > > ** ** > > Best Regards**** > > ** > I shall probably create a hack of some kind. I can find a san-serif and serif which are "fairly close" and substitute them. How would I get a system COSDictionary I could substitute? I am mainly interested in: * the identity of the characters * the font metrics of the characters. In this way I can guess the words and the spaces between them. ** > > Andrey**** > > ** ** > > -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
