Subject: Re: cjk support on unix is broken
From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat May 19 2001 - 02:19:37 CDT
ha shao wrote:
>
> > > Also,file size of normal Chinese TT fonts are in the range of 3MB-10+MB.
> > > Is it feasible to convert the fonts into type42 and embed in .ps
> > > files?
> > >
> >
> > I guess it could be done but Abi would be dog slow printing. The only near
> > term solution would be to hope that gnome-print finally manages to
> > properly support TT printing.
> >
>
> Yes. The resulting file would be too bloated even for liners. Embeding
> the fonts has the benefit of portable. I just really hate the idea of a
> 10MB ps file with a few Chinese. :)
>
> Some Chinese user actually want to see abiword would actually embed
> TTF as type42 in .ps files. But I hate it...
Do you think there's a possibility of embedding only the characters
used - a sub-font instead of the whole font?
Andrew Dunbar.
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