slightly OT concerning pdf's

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 22:11 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote: 
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 20:44 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > > Ric Moore wrote:
> > > > The
> > > > simple pdf's that I create, using OO, never fail to load and
> > > > display correctly. Since I don't have a Windows machine, I have
> > > > no clue what causes this. Ric
> > > 
> > > Did you check them with a Windows machine? Maybe they only look
> > > right on your Linux machine but not on a Windows machine.
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply! It's the other way around, it displays better
> > on a Windows machine and apparently prints OK.
> 
> Oh, I think I didn't write clearly what I meant. I wanted to know if 
> those pdfs you create with OO / Linux display correctly on a Windows 
> machine.

Always. Linux rulz! 


> > But, on my machine, I
> > was seeing a space in the banner text, in the words "Initiative" and
> > "Publication" to look like I nitiative and P ublication. Give it a
> > whirl with several different readers. My goal is that it would
> > display correctly using any reader.
> > http://www.communitysuccess.org/sites/default/files/u6/newsletterjanu
> > ary2011l.pdf
> > 
> > A Windows running friend of mine reported back that on the last page
> > he got a pop up to install Eastern Asian fonts to display this page
> > correctly. Just plain weird. I'm waiting to hear back from my pointy
> > hair boss just what they created this page with, with no small
> > amount of Fear and Loathing. <chuckles> Ric
> 
> Hehe, I didn't get a popup - neither with Windows nor with Linux. But I 
> got the same wrong display of "Initiative" and "Publication" that you 
> see, even with Windows. That is of course because I don't have those 
> fancy fonts installed on Windows. I think you should persuade your PHB 
> to change the settings of the BCLeasyPDF to embed all fonts. Do you need 
> a screen shot how it looks like with Adobe reader on Windows without 
> those fance fonts installed?

I believe you! I've gotten quite a few offline replies in agreement.
But, if I were to post them all to the PHB it would hurt someone's
feelings. Heh, we're all pretty much volunteers and I have to be careful
about reducing someone else's joy. But, thanks to your suggestion, I can
URGE them to embed the fonts, next time. I had to LEARN how to do that,
as my usual methodology is to rampage around like an 800 pound
Silverback "fixing" things. I had to unlearn that. I have my own
albatross to do penance for, so I try to do better. <grins> Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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