Text to Path / Vector

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   Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply guys.

The main reason for wanting outlines / vector of text is so that the font does not need to be embedded in the PDF. The PDF are used in the print industry and vector is preferred to font embedding as there is less chance of somthing going wrong, the problem with embedding fonts in PDF used in a print system form what I have heard is that when the PDF's get RIP'ed there is the chance that there maybe 2 fonts of the same name from different sources that are different, this may also be an issue when serveral small PDF are combined to a large one for printing. If there is only paths / vector there is no chance of font corruption.

Hope I have explained this well, I guess it can be summed up as that full vector artwork is the preferred standard for the print industry / over embedded fonts.

Thanks.

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murdochjr Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 01 Mar 09 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote murdochjr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Text to Path / Vector Posted: 05 Apr 09 at 6:02AM
	Hi, Thanks for the quick reply guys. The main reason for wanting outlines / vector of text is so that the font does not need to be embedded in the PDF. The PDF are used in the print industry and vector is preferred to font embedding as there is less chance of somthing going wrong, the problem with embedding fonts in PDF used in a print system form what I have heard is that when the PDF's get RIP'ed there is the chance that there maybe 2 fonts of the same name from different sources that are different, this may also be an issue when serveral small PDF are combined to a large one for printing. If there is only paths / vector there is no chance of font corruption. Hope I have explained this well, I guess it can be summed up as that full vector artwork is the preferred standard for the print industry / over embedded fonts. Thanks.

Rowan Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 10 Jan 09 Status: Offline Points: 398	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rowan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 09 at 8:49PM
	Hi murdochjr, Like Ingo said, there isn't any current functions that would be able to do this for you, however, internally Quick PDF does have some code for getting the outlines of glyphs from a font. This is used a lot in the renderer - and also in the font subsetting functionality. Could you let us know exactly what you are planning to do with the outlines or more generally why you would want this functionality? Cheers, - Rowan.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 09 at 3:05AM
	Hi! QuickPDF can't do this for you. QP can do a lot but not this ;-) I don't think that there are PDF-SDKs doing this. Perhaps you should search more in the real postscript-section for this? Cheers, Ingo

DELBEKE Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 31 Oct 05 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 151	Post Options Post Reply Quote DELBEKE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 09 at 3:03AM
	Hi murochir I don't understand what you mean with convert text to path. Internaly, texts are considered as vector graphics. If you want only the outline of the text, you can use the SetTextMode function, before drawing the text. If you want to add the text to a path for further use, begin drawings with startpath, do drawings and finish with a closepath.

murdochjr Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 01 Mar 09 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote murdochjr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 09 at 11:03PM
	Hi, I would like to know if there is a feature or anyway to convert text to a path / vector outlines. I'm not wanting to convert existing text if this helps, I writing new text with QuickPDF. If QuickPDF cannot do this is there another way? another SDK that could help me out? Thanks