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Summary of Exact PDF Fonts Testing / Findings
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No. |
Description |
Exact PDF |
Remarks / Issues |
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Supported |
Not supported |
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1 |
Font size |
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2 |
Font alignment - such as left alignment, right alignment, lengths of font, the place next to previous field. |
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3 |
Font type: |
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Set font to Bold style |
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This depends on whether Windows font supported Bold Style.
If the windows font style does not supported Bold, print preview still show font with bold style, however the generated PDF file is NOT bold style.
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Set font to Italic style |
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This depends on whether Windows font supported Italic Style.
If the windows font style does not supported Italic, print preview still show font with Italic style, however the generated PDF file is NOT Italic style.
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Font with Bold style only |
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Example: Magneto, Aharoni , Britanic Bold.
Unable to create PDF file (either crash or unable to create document).
If font set to Bold Style, the generated PDF file will show with incomplete data.
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Font with Italic style only |
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Example: Brush Script MT
Unable to create PDF file (either crash or unable to create document).
If font set to Italic Style, the generated P file will show with incomplete data.
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Underline |
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Diacritics |
Only with embedded font |
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Currently the font is embedded in Globe. Therefore the diacritics fonts are working fine. But, Italic/bold font style in generated PDF file might be different from designed layout.
If we not embedded font, improper diacritics fonts will be shown (attached with matrix).
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Embedded Font |
Not Embedded Font |
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Diacritics font |
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X |
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Italic / Bold style |
X |
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Common used font type (For example: Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman and Verdana)
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Language specific font type (For example: Chinese, Japanese and Korean) |
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Fonts for CJK in windows system currently not supported by the PDF Writer.
The new PDF Driver only supported following limited CJK font type:
a) HeiseiKakuGothicW5(Japanese)
b) HeiseiMinchoW3(Japanese)
c) HanyangSystemsGothicMedium(korean)
d) HanyangSystemsShinMyeongJoMedium(korean)
e) MonotypeHeiMedium(chinese traditional)
f) MonotypeSungLight(chinese traditional)
g) SinoTypeSongLight(chinese simplified)
Globe currently do not have option to select the font that mention by the PDF Writer.
Alternative:
1) Map the font listed in layout to the font supported in PDF Writer.
2) Wait for the new release which plan on 2010, according to the email, they will added .ttc file support to the driver in the next release, as the CJK font are mostly in .ttc file. Hope if the .ttc can be read and link to the correct encoding for CJK.
3)ADC add more supported font to the PDF driver source code(class to support for CJK font). This may take time and effort. Future PDF driver version may need to merge with our own code.
| Related document: 21.289.903 - TR GLB 400 (Sprint 2) Unit Test: PDF Fonts
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