Re: xpdf missing a font?
Jeroen Valcke <jeroen@valcke.com> writes:
> I'm using xpdf and notice some kind of font is not displayed. For
> example. In the pdf file http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.pdf I
> can't see the commands in the example code.
I don't know the answer but maybe I know the reason. You can start
xpdf with the option "-cmd" to see everything it does. This is nice to
find out which font it wants to use.
When it comes to the monospaced text in this document you are likely
to notice this message:
TJ [(gpg) -599 (-gen-key)]
Error: This document uses Type 3 fonts - some text may not be correctly displayed
Tf /F45 7.9
font: tag=F45 name='Courier' 7.9
So it just uses Courier which works on my system - I can see the code
parts of this document. But eventually someone knows what is so evil
with the Type 3 fonts that they work for everyone who is not you.
Interesting is that if I do `pdftops manual.pdf manual.ps` I get the
above error string and the result does NOT include the command
strings. Weird...
If you don't want to know the reason but just want to get your manual
showing up correctly you should try gnome-gv for viewing. It does an
excellent job here and is a bit faster than xpdf in most (not all)
cases.
[x] ulf
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