Principal Parts---PDF Files

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Sat Dec 9 13:08:18 EST 2000


At 17:16 09/12/00, Steve Puluka wrote:

>PDF is not a graphic format but a proprietary display technology that does 
>not always require the fonts in use in the document to be installed in the 
>viewer system.  The settings one uses to create the PDF file determine 
>whether or not a font is embedded at all in a file and how much of the 
>embedded font is included in the PDF file.

Folks, the faint sound you hear across thousands of miles of ocean is that 
of great breast-beating just south of Dublin.  Mea maxima culpa.

To Steve, my thanks for that clarification
To Carl, and to the rest of the list my apologies -- in mitigation I can 
only say that of the hundreds of .PDF files on my H.D I have never come 
across one that doesn't display "exotic" fonts correctly, even in not 
included in my Windows\fonts sub-directory.

Having now removed my Mounce__.ttf font and re-booted, I can duplicate what 
Carl was seeing.

>Refer to the font embedding instructions of Acrobat Distiller or Exchange 
>for further information.

I cannot afford all that expensive software, alas, Steve <g> but from your 
posting I now realise that the originator of a .PDF file has the same 
choices as I have when I send a  Microsoft Word document to a friend who 
doesn't have the particular fonts I've used on his machine: I can "embedd" 
the entire font in the .DOC file ( and make the file size much bigger ) or 
I can "embedd" just the characters used in the document.

I must say I am surprised to find that Rod chose not to format his file 
with even this latter minimal addition. I've just had an off-list message 
from a b-greeker who doesn't have the Mounce font, and cannot read this 
most useful little aid.

As Carl pointed out, the Mounce font is no longer available on the Teknia 
site, and so the many links to be found on .edu web pages no longer function.
However, at http://ns.winsite.net/info/pc/win3/misc/fwwin10b.zip/
Windows users can find a shareware program " a flashcard program for 
learning foreign languages"  which includes the MOUNCE__.TTF font. The 
zipped file is quite small, just under 200 Kb.





Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie






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