Обсуждение: RE: [HACKERS] Book PDF file was corrupt

Palatino isn't one of the Base14 fonts, so unless it was included within
the PDF, it wouldn't work unless the viewer had the font.

Peter

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us]
Sent: 12 October 1999 18:12
To: PostgreSQL-development; PostgreSQL-documentation
Subject: [HACKERS] Book PDF file was corrupt


Here is the new PDF version of the outline.  The previous version used
the Palatino font, which didn't convert to PDF for some reason.

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> Palatino isn't one of the Base14 fonts, so unless it was included within
> the PDF, it wouldn't work unless the viewer had the font.

Strange thing is that it is embedded in the PDF file.  I can see the
file size with Palatino is 10 times the size with Times.  I later
realized that it is xpdf that has the problem.  gv/ghostscript are fine
viewing the Palatino PDF file.

I then read in the xpdf manual:

       At  this point, the biggest problem is that embedded fonts
       are not handled properly.

so it seems xpdf has a limitation here.  Palatino is good for outlines.

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