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Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Kpdf and Acrobat Reader differ regarding fonts?
From:       Paul Smith <phhs80 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-04-03 0:57:58
Message-ID: 6ade6f6c0504021657242d9c67 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Apr 2, 2005 9:31 AM, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> wrote:
> >> I am astonished with the fact that kpdf is as competent as Acrobat
> >> Reader. However, there is one thing that puzzles me: the fonts of kpdf
> >> do not look alike the fonts of Acrobat Reader. Is there some way of
> >> getting kpdf working with the same fonts of Acrobat Reader?
> 
> OTOH, you can install 12 of the fonts that come with the current Acrobat
> Reader for Windows and it seems to work.
> 
> You have to make the AFMs with the GhostScript function: "pf2afm" and it
> will not work on Courier Oblique or Courier Bold Oblique.  So, there are
> issues with that.  There are AFM files here:
> 
> ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles/900-960/950/
> 
> which will probably work, but I don't know for sure if they have all of
> the glyphs in the current fonts.
> If you leave them commented out, FontConfig might make the oblique faces
> for you.

Thanks, James. But where shall I place those fonts on my computer,
i.e., in what directory?

You talk about leaving the fonts commented out; but where shall I
comment them out?

Paul
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