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Re: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf - font approximation
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Matthias Kramm |
Subject: |
Re: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf - font approximation |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:02 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.6i |
On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 12:31:05AM +0200, Michael Hansen wrote:
> However, I've been wondering if you use somekind of 'best match' tool for
> font substitution? In all my experiments the tools replaces 'unknown' fonts
> with Times-Roman, which is not always the best choice.
If you compile fontconfig in, you'll get better substitutions most of
the time- the font will then be selected to match the family (serif,
sans-serif etc.) and style (italic, bold) attributes of the
to-be-replaced-font.
On Linux or Mac, that is- fontconfig support is broken right now on
Windows.
Greetings
Matthias