[xep-support] Generating PDF, Embedding all fonts

[Tommy Nordgren]

On 13 dec 2007, at 14.18, Werner Donné wrote:

> I can't run XEP with those fonts. I tried Monaco.dfont and the
> message is:
>
> Unsupported file format or broken file found reading font metric from
> file:/var/local/XEP4/fonts/Monaco.dfont: Not a TrueType/OpenType  
> file, or
> unsupported TrueType version: 0.256
>
> I don't know what kind of fonts they are.
>
> Werner.
>
	
Both 'Linotype Font Explorer' and Apple's 'Font Book' claim that the  
fonts are truetype.


> Tommy Nordgren wrote:
>> On 13 dec 2007, at 09.24, Werner Donné wrote:
>>> Hi Tommy,
>>>
>>> In your xep.xml file you have to add an element like this:
>>>
>>> <font-family name="AquaKana" embed="true" subset="true">
>>> <font>
>>>   <font-data otf="/System/Library/Fonts/AquaKanaRegular.otf"/>
>>> </font>
>>> <font style="bold">
>>>   <font-data otf="/System/Library/Fonts/AquaKanaBold.otf"/>
>>> </font>
>>> </font-family>
>>>
>>> I would advice you to place such elements in a separate entity
>>> and include the following to your xep.xml file:
>>>
>>    The fonts I'm currently trying to embed are the base 14 fonts,
>> stored in files with suffix .dfont
>>> <!DOCTYPE config
>>> [
>>> <!ENTITY fonts SYSTEM "fonts.local.ent">
>>> ]>
>>>
>>> <config xmlns...>
>>>
>>> &fonts;
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> </config>
>>>
>>> Now, when you upgrade XEP, you only have to put back the document
>>> type declaration and the entity reference.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Werner.
>>>
>>> Tommy Nordgren wrote:
>>>> How do I create and use a XEP configuration file, that uses the  
>>>> version of the
>>>> standard fonts distributed with Mac OS X Leopard.
>>>> No matter what I try, the preflight option in acrobat wil show  
>>>> that fonts are not embedded
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