Re: AW: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf only works for root

[Pablo Rodríguez]

Hi Michael,

Geisser, Michael wrote:
> Im using 
>
> swftools-2008-08-21-2105
>
> and the fonts I need are
>
> Wingdings2
> and various styles of Tele-Grotesk
>
> I already tried using the .ttf files and defining a font path via -F.
> That didn't help either.

It might be that only root has reading access to the fonts.

I hope it helps,


Pablo


> Regards
> Michael
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden Im Auftrag von Matthias Kramm
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. November 2008 18:50
> An: address@hidden
> Betreff: Re: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf only works for root
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 06:38:09PM +0100, Geisser, Michael <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
> > I'm kinda playing with pdf2swf for a while now.
> > The only obstacle im currently facing is that I only get it to work if
> > I'm logged in as root.
> > Otherwise pdf2swf seems to not being able to find / access any fonts
>
> Which swftools version are you using? 
>
> The latest pdf2swf versions have built-in fonts, so you shouldn't
> have those problems (unless the PDFs you process need a lot of 
> special external fonts).
>
> Greetings
>
> Matthias