[xep-support] Embedding Helvetica BadFontDataExceptionBadFontDataException

David Tolpin dvd at davidashen.net
Sat Sep 2 10:52:42 PDT 2006


On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:56:35 +0500, Elliotte Harold  
<elharo at metalab.unc.edu> wrote:

> My printer insists on having all fonts embedded, even the standard ones.  
> The only such font I'm using is Helvetica. However I keep getting errors  
> like this:
>
> chapter2.pdf:
>       [java] [error] Cannot read font metric from  
> file:/opt/xml/xep/fonts/Helvetica.ttf
>       [java] [error] java.io.EOFException
>       [java] Formatter initialization failed:  
> com.renderx.fonts.BadFontDataException: Could not obtain font metric for  
> font family 'Helvetica'
>       [java] Java Result: 1
>
> Any suggestions?

Hi Elliotte,

looks like either the font is not there or that the permissions do not  
allow reading the file. Does just replacing the file with another file you  
know is readable solve the problem?

David
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