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Posted to fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org by David Nesbitt <dn...@vuetechnology.com> on 2006/08/04 06:35:53 UTC
Font Metrics for Adobe Acrobat Asian Font Pack
Does anyone know how to create FOP font metrics for the Adobe Acrobat
Asian font pack? I would like to support Japanese documents without
having to embed the Microsoft TrueType fonts in the PDF file.
Alternatively, does anyone have a font metrics file they can send to me?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Dave
Re: Font Metrics for Adobe Acrobat Asian Font Pack
Posted by Jeremias Maerki <de...@jeremias-maerki.ch>.
On 07.08.2006 21:46:48 David Nesbitt wrote:
> Jeremias
>
> > There are currently some talks about fonts. You may want to look into
> > the fop-dev mailing list. All the details can be found there. Whether
> > OpenType fonts with CFF glyphs (like the ones from the font pack) are
> > going to be implemented is not clear right now. Implementing CFF would
>
> > probably not be a large thing but the fact that we're planning on
> > adopting an external font library might complicate things a bit.
>
> Thanks. I will check the fop-dev list.
>
> I think it would be really important to support the Adobe OpenType font
> pack for Asian languages, since it would allow for complete open source
> support of Asian languages without requiring any font embedding or
> proprietary font licensing.
Not so sure about that. Look at the licensing info:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrasianfontpackthanks.html?hasjavascript=0&Version=Adobe+Reader+7.0x&Language=Japanese&Platform=Linux+x86
Quote:
"Note: The font software contained in this package is being licensed to
you solely for use with Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® software ("Acrobat
Reader") and is subject to the terms and conditions of the electronic
End-User License Agreement accompanying Acrobat Reader."
> I don't have any working knowledge of OpenType fonts or CFF glyphs, but
> I am willing to help out with any implementation task if I can be of use
> to get this done.
Well, you can do it as we do: Read the specifications and try to
implement them. We learn about fonts as we go.
Jeremias Maerki
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Re: Font Metrics for Adobe Acrobat Asian Font Pack
Posted by Jeremias Maerki <de...@jeremias-maerki.ch>.
There are currently some talks about fonts. You may want to look into
the fop-dev mailing list. All the details can be found there. Whether
OpenType fonts with CFF glyphs (like the ones from the font pack) are
going to be implemented is not clear right now. Implementing CFF would
probably not be a large thing but the fact that we're planning on
adopting an external font library might complicate things a bit.
On 04.08.2006 19:40:43 David Nesbitt wrote:
> Jeremias,
>
> Are there any plans to support OpenType fonts in FOP? Do you know what
> the scope of the effort would be?
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:dev@jeremias-maerki.ch]
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:13 AM
> To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Font Metrics for Adobe Acrobat Asian Font Pack
>
> If you mean the Japanese font pack for Acrobat 7, those are OpenType
> fonts which are currently not supported by FOP.
>
> On 04.08.2006 06:35:53 David Nesbitt wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to create FOP font metrics for the Adobe Acrobat
> > Asian font pack? I would like to support Japanese documents without
> > having to embed the Microsoft TrueType fonts in the PDF file.
> >
> > Alternatively, does anyone have a font metrics file they can send to
> me?
Jeremias Maerki
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Re: Font Metrics for Adobe Acrobat Asian Font Pack
Posted by Jeremias Maerki <de...@jeremias-maerki.ch>.
If you mean the Japanese font pack for Acrobat 7, those are OpenType
fonts which are currently not supported by FOP.
On 04.08.2006 06:35:53 David Nesbitt wrote:
> Does anyone know how to create FOP font metrics for the Adobe Acrobat
> Asian font pack? I would like to support Japanese documents without
> having to embed the Microsoft TrueType fonts in the PDF file.
>
> Alternatively, does anyone have a font metrics file they can send to me?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
Jeremias Maerki
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