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Posted to fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org by Da...@KeyBank.com on 2004/06/15 16:57:59 UTC
font embedding and encoding, ANSI vs CID
Hi,
I am using FOP 0.20.5 to create PDF's and have some questions/problems with
my approach towards font embedding and encoding. I need to embed the fonts
into the PDF to ensure a consistent rendering across various systems
because they are legal docs distributed to the public via the web.
I was originally using the default CID encoding, but the FOP FAQ describes
some problems with the CID encoding, and worse than those, when I print it
using adobe 4.0 it is completely mangled. ( It looks like the fonts are
scrambled, many different chars, sizes, etc ).
I am using iText to post process the document to encrypt it and prevent
editing, etc, perhaps it is the combination of CID and encryption, I'm not
really sure. At any rate, I need to keep the encryption.
When I use the -enc ansi option when creating my font metrics file
everything looks and prints great, but the entire font(s) end up in the
file, making even a 1 page document 742KB. (Obviously it depends on the
number/size of the fonts in the doc).
I seem to be in a pickle. I need to support Adobe 4.0, encryption, and font
embedding, but don't want to pay the price of extremely large files.
Is it possible to get FOP to only embed the font partially even if I use
ansi encoding? Does anyone have any recommendations on how to deal with
this scenario?
I don't know much about the CID vs ANSI encoding, which do most people use,
and is there a recommendation on when to use what? I have read the FOP
pages, and looked through the email archives, but have not yet been able to
find much guidance here.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
dave
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Re: font embedding and encoding, ANSI vs CID
Posted by Clay Leeds <cl...@medata.com>.
On Jun 15, 2004, at 7:57 AM, Dave_S_White@KeyBank.com wrote:
SNIP'd
> I am using iText to post process the document to encrypt it and
> prevent editing, etc, perhaps it is the combination of CID and
> encryption, I'm not really sure. At any rate, I need to keep the
> encryption.
SNIP'd
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> dave
Have you tried using FOP's encryption functionality[1]? I hear it's
nice (although I haven't used it yet...). BTW, it would be nice to get
feedback how it compares to using iText for the same task. Comparisons
would be appreciated based on: speed; functionality; implementation;
ease of use; resulting file size: and anything else you can think of!
Web Maestro Clay
[1]
http://xml.apache.org/fop/pdfencryption.html
Web Maestro Clay
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Re: font embedding and encoding, ANSI vs CID
Posted by SE...@dstsystems.com.
We use only ANSI because the CID takes much longer to render.
Scott
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Hi,
I am using FOP 0.20.5 to create PDF's and have some questions/problems with
my approach towards font embedding and encoding. I need to embed the fonts
into the PDF to ensure a consistent rendering across various systems
because they are legal docs distributed to the public via the web.
I was originally using the default CID encoding, but the FOP FAQ describes
some problems with the CID encoding, and worse than those, when I print it
using adobe 4.0 it is completely mangled. ( It looks like the fonts are
scrambled, many different chars, sizes, etc ).
I am using iText to post process the document to encrypt it and prevent
editing, etc, perhaps it is the combination of CID and encryption, I'm not
really sure. At any rate, I need to keep the encryption.
When I use the -enc ansi option when creating my font metrics file
everything looks and prints great, but the entire font(s) end up in the
file, making even a 1 page document 742KB. (Obviously it depends on the
number/size of the fonts in the doc).
I seem to be in a pickle. I need to support Adobe 4.0, encryption, and font
embedding, but don't want to pay the price of extremely large files.
Is it possible to get FOP to only embed the font partially even if I use
ansi encoding? Does anyone have any recommendations on how to deal with
this scenario?
I don't know much about the CID vs ANSI encoding, which do most people use,
and is there a recommendation on when to use what? I have read the FOP
pages, and looked through the email archives, but have not yet been able to
find much guidance here.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
dave
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