[R] PDF fonts problem
Mihalicza Péter
mihalicza.peter at eski.hu
Fri Sep 19 10:08:15 CEST 2008
Dear Dr. Murrel,
Thank you for all the clarifications!
Paul Murrell írta:
> Hi
>
>>
>>
>> #CMS
>> pdf("tryfont-cms.pdf", family="CMS")
>> grid.text("gg\u151hh\uF6ii\uF3jj kk\u171ll\uFCmm\uFAnn")
>> dev.off()
>> #u151 and u171 doesn't show, though the other accented ones do
>>
>> embedFonts("tryfont-cms.pdf",
>> outfile="tryfont-cms-embed.pdf",
>> fontpaths="/cm-super/afm/")
>> #after embedding the same "slipping" occurs
>
>
> The 'fontpaths' argument describes where the PFB files are, not where
> the AFM files are. So this is probably failing to embed the fonts
> because it can't find the fonts. Does it work if you change to
> something like ...
>
> embedFonts("tryfont-cms.pdf",
> outfile="tryfont-cms-embed.pdf",
> fontpaths="cm-super/pfb/")
>
> Paul
>
>
This solved my problem, so I am really very grateful! I am not too
familiar with font protocols.
Just for the sake of knowledge: if my embedFonts specification should
not have made any difference, why did the output pdf differed from the
one before embedding?
Thanks again,
Peter
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