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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:58:10 -0500 |
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Chris Gottbrath wrote: |
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> I am not 100% sure but I seem to recall someone telling me that pdfs |
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> embed any fonts that are used, whereas ps files expect the fonts in |
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> question to be on the machine that you look at the ps file with. This |
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> could be a strong argument in favor of pdf files if you are sending the |
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> files to others. |
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> Does anyone know if that is correct or if I am remembering wrong? |
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Certainly it is possible to embed all the fonts in a pdf, and this is |
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often a good idea. It's not always the default though. How you do it |
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will probably depend which tool/library you are using to produce the |
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.pdf. |
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I am not sure if font embedding is possible in a .ps document. |
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Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> |
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