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  1. nhi1000

    new member
    Joined: Sep '08
    Posts: 2

    This question probably been answered but I couldn't find it. Which fonts are supported by doPDF? A client sent me a document that included Ariel Unicode MS and doPDF changed it. Is there type?

    Posted 4 months ago #

  2. Softland

    senior admin
    Joined: May '08
    Posts: 162

    Hi,
    doPDF does not embed fonts so if the font used to create the PDF is not found on the recipient's computer, it will be substituted with another one.

    Posted 4 months ago #

  3. winactive

    new member
    Joined: Sep '08
    Posts: 1

    So basically, the whole purpose of .pdf is defeated!

    It's major attraction is that fonts are not required between machines to ensure correct appearance and printing!

    Posted 3 months ago #

  4. Softland

    senior admin
    Joined: May '08
    Posts: 162

    So basically, the whole purpose of .pdf is defeated!

    In a future version of doPDF we'll embed by default all used font subsets.

    Posted 3 months ago #

  5. kryzstoff

    junior member
    Joined: Oct '08
    Posts: 5

    any update on this must-have feature, embedded fonts ?!?

    Posted 1 month ago #

  6. Softland

    senior admin
    Joined: May '08
    Posts: 162

    sorry, no news yet.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  7. DBoydNL

    new member
    Joined: Dec '08
    Posts: 2

    Yes this is a multipost. That's just how ticked off I am at being hoodwinked by your software.

    Huh? You cannot, may not, ought not be permitted to call your product a PDF printer, when the resulting PDF depends on the fonts to be resident on the computer. The whole point of using PDF's is to get away from the fonts story. I just sent two PDF to the printer and had hundreds of copy's made only to discover when I picked them up that my "fancy" fonts had been substituted with "normal" ones. Will you pay for the €63 in printing cost that I just lost out on?

    DoPDF does not do what a PDF printer is supposed to do, and what other PDF printers routinely do. Why in the world not? Your product should be removed from the market immediately, or at the very least you need to put a large disclaimer on your site and in the program, that explains to the unsuspecting user that the program does not work properly.

    I noticed on the forum that folks have been asking for this idiotic problem to be corrected for a while now. The only thing I read in response is: "next release" and "not yet". This is completely unacceptable. Put me on a list of users who need to be notified when you fix your program so it works as it should. In the mean time I cannot use your program. If no fix is forthcoming, we need to flood forums and user groups worldwide with warnings against using your program.

    David Boyd

    Posted 6 days ago #

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