[hylafax-users] Faxing a pdf document with embedded TrueType fonts

["Paul Freeman" <paul.freeman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I am trying to use a recent release of HylaFax under Fedora Core 4 to fax a
pdf document created on MS-Windows XP (using FreePDFXP v3.20 and ghostscript
v8.54, not Adode distiller). The document only contains the MS-Windows Tahoma
font.  When I fax the document using sendfax it is sent OK but the text
characters are replaced with squares.  I have not edited the typerules file
so the hylafax server is doing its own pdf conversion.  Hylafax is working
fine for sending and receiving faxes.

I understand this is a font problem and have spent several hours searching
for solutions without much luck.  My head hurts from all the reading:-)

I have installed the Tahoma TrueType font on the hylafax server as a .ttf
(not Type 1) and I have confirmed ghostscript can locate the font (using gs
prfont.ps, /Tahoma DoFont).  The pdf document has been created so the font is
embedded as a TrueType font.  I have checked in acrobat reader and it says
the font is:  Tahoma (Embedded Subset), Type: TrueType, Encoding: Custom.

If I change the pdf so it is created with the font embedded in outline form
(Type 1), the sent fax text is displayed correctly.

Is this a problem with my configuration of HylaFax or the pdf document I
have?

Can Hylafax handle pdfs with embedded TrueType fonts as long as ghostscript
has the font installed and can locate it or does HylaFax require the fonts in
Type 1 format?

Regards

Paul
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