[scribus] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Font subset question

benedek benedek_peter at upcmail.hu
Thu Sep 21 13:43:24 UTC 2017




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Tárgy: 	Re: [scribus] Fwd: Re: Font subset question
Dátum: 	Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:40:37 +0200
Feladó: 	benedek <benedek_peter at upcmail.hu>
Címzett: 	Bert Driehuis <bertd.fpevohf.arg at taw.playbeing.com>



Thanks Bert

I have Linux Mint 18.3 and Scribus 1.5.4.

Please try it:

-- Open new document
-- Insert TextBox
-- Insert some chars in TextBox
-- F2 - Text Properties - Linux Libertine O or Linux Libertine G or 
Arial or Times New Roman or Roboto etc.
-- File menu - Export - Save As PDF
-- Fonts tab - Fonts to embed: There is selected font.
-- General tab - Compatibility: PDF/X-1a
-- Save

You upload the PDF file the https://www.pdf-online.com/osa/validate.aspx.
The result is incorrect.
This seems a problem. The print house didn't know use this.

If all fonts in the document is Subset (Subset all), the result of the 
test: "Document validated successfully". I did not dare try the printed. :-(

The print house asked: "Can you give vector document?", but PDF/X1-A 
(and PDF/X-3 and 4) export does not support the "Outline all fonts" 
function, so I could not give it, I sent the document in tiff format. :-( .


You said it: "I actually use PDF 1.3 for most stuff. I send to a 
professional printer, and I usually outline all fonts."

How do you do this?

regards

Peter



2017-09-21 13:08 keltezéssel, Bert Driehuis írta:
> Dear Benedek,
>
>> I made the PDF/X-1a and this is included embedded fonts. The print house told, some font not visible or instead of visible a wrong character.
>> I checked the PDF document a online PDF validator (https://www.pdf-online.com/osa/validate.aspx), and it is told:
>>
>> File    Dokumentum-2.pdf
>> Compliance    pdf1.3
>> Result    Document does not conform to PDF/A.
>> Details
>>
>> Validating file "Dokumentum-2.pdf" for conformance level pdf1.3
>> The glyph for character 96 in font 'AxeHandel' is missing.
>> The glyph for character 221 in font 'AxeHandel' is missing.
>> The document does not conform to the requested standard.
>> The document contains fonts without embedded font programs or encoding information (CMAPs).
>> The document does not conform to the PDF 1.3 standard.
>> Done.
> Apparently, the font AxeHandel is missing two glyphs. Scribus does not
> appear to check the correctness of the font, but the validator does.
> The validator does not make clear why it thinks the document is not
> valid PDF/A, and as others have mentioned, the spec is ambiguous in
> places.
>
> There are many fonts with errors, even commercial fonts from large
> font publishers can have the occasional error. Sometimes you can fix
> the error with FontForge, but that is a very specialised tool that is
> not recommended for casual use.
>
> When you convert the font to outlines, the problematic code from the
> fonts is removed so the external validator can no longer see font
> errors. That will effectively paper over any error: if the PDF looks
> okay to you, it will print okay. I actually use PDF 1.3 for most stuff
> I send to a professional printer, and I usually outline all fonts.
>
> I have downloaded Axe Handle from DaFont
> (http://www.dafont.com/axehandel.font) and got a font dated July 23rd,
> 2013. It does appear to have a valid glyph for the backtick character
> (96) and for Y acute (229), so maybe your problem goes away if you
> update your font (and in the case of Windows, restart your computer;
> for other OS'es restarting Scribus is usually enough to pick up
> changed fonts).
>
> As a side note, I do not recall you mentioning which version of
> Scribus you use. In Scribus 1.5.3, the font handling has seen a lot of
> changes that may (positively or negatively) impact your experience. If
> you're using 1.4.6 or older, you may want to try upgrading; if you're
> using 1.5.3, you may want to see if you can reproduce the problem with
> 1.4.6. Be aware that you can't use an older version of scribus to open
> newer documents, so if you try upgrading scribus, please work on a
> copy of your original document until you are sure you do not have to
> revert to the older release.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Bert
>
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