Is it possible to use OTF-Fonts

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Topic: Is it possible to use OTF-Fonts

Posted By: Abensberger
Subject: Is it possible to use OTF-Fonts
Date Posted: 18 Aug 11 at 9:42AM

I need to use OpenType fonts (*.OTF) within my PDFs.

How can I add and use OpenType fonts with QuickPDFLib?

In the reference I only found:

AddCYKFont

AddStandardFont

AddSubsettedFont

AddTrueTypeFont

AddTrueTypeFontFromFile

AddType1Font

Sorry, if this question sounds silly to somebody, but I am a newbie in the fields of "fonts"

Kind regards

Abensberger

Replies:

Posted By: jpbro
Date Posted: 22 Feb 12 at 4:31PM

Sorry to open an old topic, but I'm interested in an answer to this question as well - Are embedded OTF fonts supported with QuickPDF 8.13? What if they have Type1 outlines instead of TrueType outlines?

Posted By: Ingo
Date Posted: 22 Feb 12 at 7:20PM

Hi!

Do you know what you can do with the reference guide ... ;-)

AddOpenTypeFontFromFile

Cheers (and sorry ;-)
Ingo

Posted By: jpbro
Date Posted: 22 Feb 12 at 7:35PM

Sorry, you are right Ingo, but I guess I should have been clear that I meant a subsetted font.

What isn't 100% clear to me is that if I try to subset a font by name (e.g. "Tahoma", will QuickPDF handle it regardless of whether it is a TTF, OTF with TT outlines, or OTF with PS outlines?

Or do I need to manually check whether the font that my users have chosen is an OTF or TTF and add it accordingly using the *FromFile methods.

I've done some experimenting myself, but as you can see from my previous thread, I'm having trouble proving that even TTF fonts are being embedded as I require (my unfortunate suspicion is that text rendered to the CanvasDC isn't using the font when I subset it afterwards). I had hoped perhaps that some other user had more experience in this area and could clarify for me.

I've been using QPDF for over 2 years, and I've only posted a few questions here, so you can be sure I typically do all my own experiments and research unless I am truly stuck!