[cl-pdf-devel] Fonts?

[Peter Seibel]

"Marc Battyani" <marc.battyani at fractalconcept.com> writes:

> "Peter Seibel" <peter at gigamonkeys.com> wrote:
>
>> So can someone point me to or provide a brief summary of how to use
>> new fonts with CL-PDF. I'm deeply ignorant of almost everything to do
>> with fonts so please start at the beginning. For instance:
>>
>>  - In what format do I need to obtain the fonts I want to use?
>
> You need type 1 fonts (a .afm and a .pfb files). There is a true-type to
> type 1 converter somewhere.

So does cl-pdf support only Type 1 because of something intrinsic in
PDF or is it just a matter of programming to teach it to grok Truetype
fonts as well. And what about this new thing, OpenType?

-Peter

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Peter Seibel                                     peter at gigamonkeys.com

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