Re: Font not embedded in pdf

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2010-05-28 um 10:33 schrieb Thomas Scharkowski:

> in a lilypond document (2.13.21) I use a true type font for the  
> title and barnumbers (RomanSmc-regular).
> When printing I noticed that the font is replaced by another font,  
> the spacing is incorrect. On screen the correct font is shown.
> I printed the same pdf under windows and it worked (of course only  
> because the font in question is installed there).
> Next I noticed that in the pdf properties > fonts RomanSmc-Regular  
> is listed but not marked as embedded.
> I looked at another pdf in which I had used the same font some time  
> ago (in December 2007, LilyPond 2.11.34) - here the font is embedded.
> Did I overlook something or might this be a bug in the newer LilyPond?

TrueType and OpenType fonts can define that they must not get  
embedded. A lot of older fonts (mostly made with Fontographer) has  
this flag mistakenly set to an undefined value. Adobe says this should  
be interpreted as "don't embed".

I don't know but can imagine that LilyPond started to obey this embed  
flag, while Inkscape and older LilyPond don't. This is just a wild  
guess.


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