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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Generating PDF's in kword: font problems
From:       Unai Garro <Unai.Garro () ee ! ed ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2003-01-27 17:40:20
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ooops, sorry, I just realised the question wasn't for me :-(

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Unai Garro wrote:

> Yes, I tried them, but as I said, the fonts are embedded in bitmap format
> (Type 3) anyway, so the quality is not really good. I tried to increase
> the resolution of the fonts to 2400dpi and this improves a bit the result,
> but the difference with Type1 fonts is immense.
>
> As far as you don't use ttf fonts there's no problem. You can easily use
> fonts such as "Times" (Type1), but not "Times New Roman" or "Verdana" or
> "Arial",... etc which are ttf.
>
> So far I can oly think of two solutions:
>
> 1) Add a printer menu: "Convert all fonts to Type1", with a list of fonts
> that more or less accurately replace those fonts.
>
> 2) Indicate in the font selection combo if the fonts are ttf or type1 (or
> whatever else)
>
>
> > Did you try to play with the "Driver Settings"  tab in the printer
> > properties dialog for the pseudo printer write-to-PDF? There, you
> > can tune some options concerning fonts when converting PS to PDF,
> > like the PDF font embedding or font resolution.
>
>

 
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