[cl-pdf-devel] Fonts?

[Alexandros Diamantidis]

I wrote:
> I think PDF can only use OpenType fonts as a source of glyphs, which
> can be embedded in the PDF as Type 1 (PostScript) or or Type 42
> (TrueType) outlines. The "interesting" parts of OpenType (the
> various advanced layout tables) have to be parsed and used by the
> typesetter.

After some quick reading, I see I've mixed up the terminology a
little... "Type 42" is a PostScript concept - a way to wrap up a
TrueType font in a PS dictionary so that it looks like a PS font.

PDF supports TrueType fonts directly. PDF 1.6 also supports embedding
of OpenType fonts, but the advanced layout tables still have to be
understood by the typesetter in order to be used.

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Alexandros Diamantidis * adia at hellug.gr