Re: [gentoo-user] Ghostscript - font path

[Joseph]

On 11/22/07 15:57, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:

Thank you for the input, at least I'm getting some feedback.
In the past everything worked so I take it for granted; only if things break I'm trying to get to the bottom.

>> "gs -h" gives me the following font path for Ghostscript
>> Search path:
>> [...]
>> Where these paths are coming from?
>
>Compiled into the binary?

Not a good solution but, it would be better if we input the path via a config file.

>Yes, might happen. But it is common sense that you should embed all
>needed fonts into the PDF anyway. For older versions of PDFs there was
>an exception for the Base14 fonts, and those are (by means of
>replacement versions) accessible from GS' own font store (the path you
>said is present and works). You never know at a later point in time
>whether you have the right font, with the right encoding: even if the
>name matches you can't be sure.

I think this is the clue. 
Well, if I generate the PDF file on Linux the fonts are embedded in every PDF document when I received the file from 
somebody else the fonts most of the time are not embedded.
I have one document I received (pdf file) it printed fine two weeks ago; when I try to re-printed it I can not, and I 
know it is a font problem: egsample when I run  pdf2ps file.pdf I get:
     **** Warning: Fonts with Subtype = /TrueType should be embedded.
                   But TimesNewRomanPSMT is not embedded.
     **** Warning: Fonts with Subtype = /TrueType should be embedded.
                   But TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT is not embedded.
     **** Warning: Fonts with Subtype = /TrueType should be embedded.
                   But ArialMT is not embedded.

How can they configure their system on Windows so the fonts are embedded?
What puzzle me is that this document printed fine two weeks ago and all of a sudden I'm getting an error so I'm 
looking for a fault on my end.

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