muttley hates software: Adobe Acrobat and its font non handling

• From: Simon Wistow
  Date: 17:24 on 26 May 2006
  Subject: Adobe Acrobat and its font non handling
  
  Or, more succinctly, acroread since I have no idea if this is the same 
  on Windows.
  
  I have a PDF. Acroread tries to load and then bitches that it doesn't 
  have the right font. Not a particularly exotic font - just Times New 
  Roman. 
  
  I *know* I have TNR installed somewhere because The Gimp and Star Office 
  and Firefox can use them but we shall ignore that.
  
  In fact we better ignore that because there's no way to tell Acrobat 
  "try looking here as well".
  
  Now, I know the PDF might not render exactly as was designed and since 
  PDF is a print layout format I can see why that's more important than in 
  HTML but, you know, just this one time I'm willing to let you substitute 
  Helvetica or Garamond or Arial because, crazy kook that I am, actually 
  care about the content rather than the presentation. 
  
  I know, I know. Shun me! I am an aesthetic pariah.
  
  Will it let me do this. No. It displays square boxes for every character 
  instead. 
  
  Ghostview, btw, handled it with aplomb. 
  
  
  
  

• From: Bill Page
  Date: 18:36 on 26 May 2006
  Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat and its font non handling
  
  consider yourself shunned
  
  On 5/27/06, Simon Wistow <simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
  > Or, more succinctly, acroread since I have no idea if this is the same
  > on Windows.
  >
  > I have a PDF. Acroread tries to load and then bitches that it doesn't
  > have the right font. Not a particularly exotic font - just Times New
  > Roman.
  >
  > I *know* I have TNR installed somewhere because The Gimp and Star Office
  > and Firefox can use them but we shall ignore that.
  >
  > In fact we better ignore that because there's no way to tell Acrobat
  > "try looking here as well".
  >
  > Now, I know the PDF might not render exactly as was designed and since
  > PDF is a print layout format I can see why that's more important than in
  > HTML but, you know, just this one time I'm willing to let you substitute
  > Helvetica or Garamond or Arial because, crazy kook that I am, actually
  > care about the content rather than the presentation.
  >
  > I know, I know. Shun me! I am an aesthetic pariah.
  >
  > Will it let me do this. No. It displays square boxes for every character
  > instead.
  >
  > Ghostview, btw, handled it with aplomb.
  >
  >
  >
  
  

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