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From: Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: TrueType CE Encoding
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Gerhard Trummer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to change the encoding vector to CE for Arial-Black.
> According to the PLRM Ex. 5.8:
> 
> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> 
> /Arial-Black findfont
>   dup length dict begin
>    {1 index /FID ne
>     {def}
>     {pop pop} ifelse} forall
>    /Encoding CE def
>    currentdict
>   end
>   /ArialBlackCE exch definefont pop
> 
> /ArialBlackCE findfont
> 15 scalefont setfont
> 30 800 moveto
> (\310\311\312\313\314\315\316\317) show
> 
> showpage
> 
> Unfortunately there is no CE encoding:
> 
> gs -r72 -sPAPERSIZE=a4
> GPL Ghostscript 9.04 (2011-08-05)
> Copyright (C) 2011 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
> GS>(/tmp/ps-run-15301X5g) run
> Can't find (or can't open) font file
> /usr/share/ghostscript/9.04/Resource/Font/Arial-Black.
> Can't find (or can't open) font file Arial-Black.
> Querying operating system for font files...
> Loading Arial-Black font from
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ariblk.ttf... 3540104 2107745
> 5487080 3235205 1 done.
> Error: /undefined in CE
> Operand stack:
>    Encoding
> Execution stack:
>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>   %loop_continue   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1
> %stopped_push   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   1910   1   3
> %oparray_pop   1909   1   3   %oparray_pop   1893   1   3   %oparray_pop
>   1787   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop
> .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
> %stopped_push   --nostringval--
> Dictionary stack:
>    --dict:1159/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:77/200(L)--
> --dict:14/15(L)--
> Current allocation mode is local
> Current file position is 137
> GS<1>
> 
> What am I doing wrong and what is the right solution?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> G.

I guess you'll need to consult the PLRM, 3rd ed., appendix E, Character Sets 
and Encoding Vectors and set up the CE encoding array in PostScript syntax 
by yourself.

Helge