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[jira] [Updated] (COMDEV-67) FOP: TrueType fonts in AFP
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-67?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Mehdi Houshmand updated COMDEV-67:
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Description:
Motivation
Currently when custom fonts are used for AFP documents the only fonts that are allowed are APF-format specific. Many of these use the antiquated EBCDIC encoding and have license restrictions, which is obviously a serious impediment when using the AFP document format. TrueType and OpenType fonts are a much better supported standard and provide much better freedom in terms of licenses and availability for users. The MOD:CA specification allows TrueType fonts to be used within AFP documents and FOP already provides a library for reading and handling TrueType fonts.
This project would expose applicants to various specifications (TTF, OTF, AFP, XSL-FO) and would teach them how to design software in enterprise products and adherence to standardized specifications. All code will be written in Java (currently Java5).
Mentor: Mehdi Houshmand (mehdi@apache.org)
was:
Motivation
Currently when custom fonts are used for AFP documents the only fonts that are allowed are APF-format specific. Many of these use the antiquated EBCDIC encoding and have license restrictions, which is obviously a serious impediment when using the AFP document format. TrueType and OpenType fonts are a much better supported standard and provide much better freedom in terms of licenses and availability for users. The MOD:CA specification allows TrueType fonts to be used within AFP documents and FOP already provides a library for reading and handling TrueType fonts.
This project would expose applicants to various specifications (TTF, OTF, AFP, XSL-FO) and would teach them how to design software in enterprise products and adherence to standardized specifications. All code will be written in Java (currently Java5).
> FOP: TrueType fonts in AFP
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> Key: COMDEV-67
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-67
> Project: Community Development
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Comdev, Mentoring
> Reporter: Mehdi Houshmand
> Labels: GSoC, Mentor, gsoc2012, mentoring
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> Motivation
> Currently when custom fonts are used for AFP documents the only fonts that are allowed are APF-format specific. Many of these use the antiquated EBCDIC encoding and have license restrictions, which is obviously a serious impediment when using the AFP document format. TrueType and OpenType fonts are a much better supported standard and provide much better freedom in terms of licenses and availability for users. The MOD:CA specification allows TrueType fonts to be used within AFP documents and FOP already provides a library for reading and handling TrueType fonts.
> This project would expose applicants to various specifications (TTF, OTF, AFP, XSL-FO) and would teach them how to design software in enterprise products and adherence to standardized specifications. All code will be written in Java (currently Java5).
> Mentor: Mehdi Houshmand (mehdi@apache.org)
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