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

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Freeman wrote:

> 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?
>  

The problem is that Ghostscript doesn't have the font or can't use the 
embedded font.  Ghostscript can use substitute fonts.  I would first 
suggest an upgrade to 8.56 and then try again.  8.56 solved a lot of 
issues like this for me.

> 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?

If Ghostscript is fine with it HylaFAX will be.

Lee.


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