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| From | Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.postscript |
| Subject | Re: Displaying text in "uninstalled" font? |
| Followup-To | comp.lang.postscript |
| Date | Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:04:07 +0200 |
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zupftom@googlemail.com wrote: > Am Montag, 10. Juni 2013 20:14:05 UTC+2 schrieb Rod Dorman: >> In article <81efedba-9097-4e4b-9abe-dc5abe5e299a@googlegroups.com>, >> >> <jef_dex@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >Dear all, >> >> > >> >> >If I take the following postscript-file: >> >> > >> >> >%!PS-Adobe-3.0 >> >> >/Arial findfont >> >> >15 scalefont >> >> >setfont >> >> >72 200 moveto >> >> >(text) show >> >> >showpage >> >> > >> >> >then it nicely displays the "text" in Arial, if opening in Adobe >> >Illustrator CS6 Tryout. >> >> > >> >> >But I want it to display in Myriad Pro, so I should change the >> >findfont-command: >> >> > >> >> >/Myriad-Pro findfont >> >> > >> >> >or something like that. However, this gives rise to the error: >> >> > >> >> >Font not found on the system; missing font has been substituted. >> >> > >> >> >Of course, Myriad Pro IS installed in AI CS6. >> >> > >> >> >Please note that it is NOT an option to change the font in AI, I want >> >this to be >> >> >incorporated in the postscript file (which is programmatically generated >> >by >> >> >myself). I checked the manuals (Bluebook, Language Specification,...) >> >but could >> >> >not find it. Probably I'm overlooking something. >> >> > >> >> >Could anyone offer me some help please? >> >> >> >> Are you sure the PostScript FontName is Myriad-Pro? >> >> >> >> They'll often have suffixes like -Book or -Regular. >> > > > The original Type 1 font is called /Myriad-Roman (see the AFM file[1]). > Myriad Pro is (AFAIK) the OpenType version of this font. I'd expect that > AI comes with the OpenType version. Is it clever enough to map the > PostScript name to the OpenType font? > > Thomas W. > > > [1] > [ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles/900-960/906/wmr_____.afm The Adobe supplied font is a Type1 coded open type font, and the PostScript names are MyriadPro-xxxx, where xxxx is one of Regular Bold It BoldIt (as delivered with Adobe Reader 9 e.g.). Helge
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Displaying text in "uninstalled" font? jef_dex@yahoo.com - 2013-06-10 04:31 -0700
Re: Displaying text in "uninstalled" font? rodd@panix.com (Rod Dorman) - 2013-06-10 18:14 +0000
Re: Displaying text in "uninstalled" font? zupftom@googlemail.com - 2013-06-10 11:48 -0700
Re: Displaying text in "uninstalled" font? Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2013-06-11 00:04 +0200
Re: Displaying text in "uninstalled" font? jef_dex@yahoo.com - 2013-06-11 03:52 -0700
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