Re: [xep-support] Fonts encoding

Chris,

Chris Chiasson wrote:
> Well, Unicode is, AFAIK, a superset of ANSI. The encoding is a map
> between a character code and the actual glyph used to render that
> character on screen. Fonts can be encoded in different ways. I have
> seen some fonts simply numbered from start to finish with their glyphs
> referenced simply by their order in the font file (like the
> Mathematica fonts). I wonder if that is what is meant by Identity-H.
>
> aside:
>
> XEP can't use Mathematica fonts because it needs Unicode encoded True
> Type fonts. I also tried to get the Type 1 -- I believe the Type 1
> font glyphs can be referenced by glyph name instead of just character
> code -- version of the Mathematica fonts to work, but had no luck.

If those fonts use glyph names that are not defined in the Adobe Glyph
List, you can make a simple glyph list as described in section 6.1.1.
of the reference manual. With this list you can make your own mapping
between Unicode code points and glyphs.

Werner.

>
> On 12/18/06, Ronald.Valersi@soplar.ch <Ronald.Valersi@soplar.ch> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have rendered a file with XEP, the font encoding is Identity-H.
>> The "fonts used in this document" in Acrobat Reader shows for the font
>> verdana:
>> Verdana (Embedded Subset)
>> Type: TrueType (CID)
>> Encoding: Identity-H
>>
>> Then i have rendered the same file with FOP, font encoding is Ansi.
>> The "fonts used in this document" in Acrobat Reader shows for verdana:
>> Verdana (Embedded)
>> Type: TrueType
>> Encoding: Ansi
>> This is what i need (but with XEP).
>>
>> I am not familar with technical details (glyph, unicode,...).
>> My interest is that the embeded fonts are ansi encoded. That can be
>> checked in Acrobat Reader under document properties.
>>
>> What i can do for you is to send you my xsl and xml file for testing.
>> Result sould be a rendered PDF with ansi encoded fonts.
>>
>> Thanks, Ronald
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
>> [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com] Im Auftrag von Chris Chiasson
>> Gesendet: Montag, 18. Dezember 2006 13:07
>> An: xep-support@renderx.com
>> Betreff: Re: [xep-support] Fonts encoding
>>
>> "ansi encoded fonts" - does that mean the fonts are just used in glyph
>> order with no Unicode tables required? If so, I might have a use for
>> that...
>>
>> On 12/18/06, Ronald.Valersi@soplar.ch <Ronald.Valersi@soplar.ch> wrote:
>> > Hi Alexei,
>> >
>> > Previously we used FOP-Renderer. By default FOP also creates PDF
>> with encoding "Identity-H". The solution with FOP to create "Ansi"
>> encoded fonts is to change the encoding of all fonts to "Ansi" first
>> (org.apache.fop.fonts.apps.TTFReader -enc ansi ..\..\fonts\arial.ttf
>> ..\..\fonts\arial.xml).
>> >
>> > Is there a similar way to do this in XEP?
>> >
>> > Can this be done with hyphen?
>> >
>> > We need ansi-encoding for the PDF-postprocessing.
>> >
>> > We switched from FOP to XEP-Renderer because of XEP's enhanced
>> capabilities.
>> > I am sure that there is a solution in XEP also.
>> >
>> > Thanks, Ronald
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
>> > [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com] Im Auftrag von Alexei Gagarinov
>> > Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Dezember 2006 15:24
>> > An: Ronald.Valersi@soplar.ch
>> > Betreff: Re: [xep-support] Fonts encoding
>> >
>> > Hi Ronald,
>> >
>> > There is no option in XEP to set an encoding of fonts embedded into
>> PDF.
>> > What are trying to achieve with the 'ansi' encoding?
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Alexei Gagarinov
>> > RenderX
>> >
>> > ---
>> > www.renderx.net
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> >
>> > > The embeded font's in the created PDF with XEP has encoding
>> > > "Identity-H".
>> > > What must i do that the embeded fonts in the PDF has encoding "Ansi"?
>> > > I run XEP 4.7 on Windows XP and use Windows standard fonts like
>> > > Verdana and Arial.
>> >
>> > > Thanks, Ronald
>> >
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