[xep-support] Problem embedding Adobe OpenType Fonts, need help please.

[Bennett Smith]

What Adobe specifications are you refering to with regard to the adobe-*
attributes?  I understand that the values are determined by Adobe, but
don't know where to find the values for a given OpenType font.  Is there
a tool that reports these values for the font, or are they published in
some document?

Is anyone aware of a work-around for this limitation of XEP?  Is it
possible to convert an OpenType font to be a TrueType font so it can be
embedded in the PDF?

Is there any word on when XEP will support emdedding of OpenType fonts?
If there is no known work-around then this would be a very important
feature to include, hopefully soon!

Many thanks

-- Bennett

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Peshkov [mailto:peshkov at renderx.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:04 AM
To: Bennett Smith
Subject: Re: [xep-support] Problem embedding Adobe OpenType Fonts, need
help please.


Hello Bennett,

You have 'embed="true"' in your font configuration, but XEP cannot embed
OpenType font thus it issues a warning. XEP limitations regarding
TrueType/OpenType fonts are listed in section 5.1. "TrueType and
OpenType Fonts" of "XEP 3.6 User Guide" (userguide.pdf). As for
'adobe-*' attributes - their values are determined by Adobe ad hoc for
each character collection; please refer to Adobe's specifications.

Best regards,
Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
RenderX

BS> Hello,

BS> I have the XEP 3.6.3 client and am trying to follow the steps to 
BS> configure support for some additional Adobe OpenType fonts I have.  
BS> The fonts are part of the "Adobe Type Basics OpenType Ed." 
BS> collection. Following the instructions in the manual I added some 
BS> additional lines to the fonts.xml file.  Here is an example of the 
BS> additional font lines I have added:

BS> <font name="AGaramondPro-Regular" 
BS>     ttf="C:/PSFONTS/AGaramondPro-Regular.otf" 
BS>     adobe-encoding="UniCNS-UCS2-H" 
BS>     adobe-ordering="CNS1" 
BS>     adobe-supplement="1" 
BS>     embed="true"> 
BS>   <alias name="AGaramondPro"/> 
BS> </font>    

BS> When I convert a .fo file to .pdf the conversion seems to be working

BS> and I get a pdf that mentions the new font.  However, I also get an 
BS> error message(or warning, not sure which) from XEP stating that the 
BS> font cannot be embedded.  When I look at the document properties in 
BS> Acrobat it shows that the fonts have been substituted with some 
BS> other font instead of the one I am expecting.

BS> I do not understand why XEP cannot embed the font properly.  Just to

BS> make sure the font can be embedded I created a small FrameMaker 
BS> document that uses the font and then generated a PDF file from it 
BS> using Acrobat Professional.  When I did this it successfully 
BS> embedded the font in the PDF without any warning.

BS> One area where I'm a bit confused is with the three adobe- 
BS> attributes in the <font> element.  How can I determine what these 
BS> should be set to for my fonts?  Also, what is the list of possible 
BS> values for these attributes?

BS> Many thanks.

BS> -- Bennett


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