Re: [xep-support] ZapfDingbats.afm

Zapf Dingbats is one of the "Basic 14" typefaces guaranteed to be available
for PDF files.

Regards,

Mark Cilia Vincenti

2009/5/13 Cutter <cutter1994@gmail.com>

> Yes, I’ve asked that question and was told that they ‘couldn’t install
> zapfdingbats in the windows/font directory”. When I checked my windows/font
> directory the zapfdingbats isn’t there either. And it doesn’t show up in my
> install of Office 2009. However, it is in the Program files/render/fonts
> directory.
>
>
>
> The default install of XEP (xep.xml) already had the zapfdingbats
> configuration. The client’s xep.xml file also has the configuration.
>
>
>
> Are you saying that, if the machine that is rendering the PDF has
> zapfdingbats installed correctly the resulting PDF should have zapfdingbats
> within it no matter where the PDF is viewed?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *From:* owner-xep-support@renderx.com [mailto:
> owner-xep-support@renderx.com] *On Behalf Of *Mark Cilia Vincenti
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:36 AM
> *To:* xep-support@renderx.com
> *Subject:* Re: [xep-support] ZapfDingbats.afm
>
>
>
> ZapfDingbats is configurable in the default "Base Adobe fonts" section of
> XEP within the xep.xml configuration file. But default installations of XEP
> should already have this configuration.
>
> Can you check whether he has the font installed on his machine? i.e. ask
> him to open up an application such as Word and check to see if he can see
> ZapfDingbats in the fonts dropdown list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Cilia Vincenti
>
> 2009/5/13 Cutter <cutter1994@gmail.com>
>
> I am using XEP (unsure of the version #) to create PDF from XSLT. The
> output looks correct on my system but when the client runs the same XSLT/FO
> (using a different version of XEP, unsure what #) none of the ZapfDingbats
> characters output. We have gone round and round about this but currently
> the client is coming back with “If the font is not embedded, the rendered
> file can only be viewed on systems that have the font configured for use
> with viewing or printing the application.”
>
> My understanding is, once the PDF is rendered, and unless it is then
> reopened in some program capable of editing it, the PDF is set in stone. So
> any PDF viewer on any machine (Linux, Mac, Windows) with any (or no) fonts
> installed will show it as rendered. The problem with rendering the font is
> located on the machine doing the rendering not the machines later doing the
> viewing. Is this correct and could someone explain the quoted sentence
> above with an example?
>
> What else might be making their rendering not output the correct fonts
> while my output (using the exact same transformations) renders correctly?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

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Received on Wed May 13 07:45:03 2009