Font embedding is the inclusion of font files within an electronic document. This is possible with several file formats including Portable Document Format (PDF) and Microsoft Word (DOC).
Questions tagged [embedded-fonts]
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Embedded fonts not appearing in actionscript created textfields
I would like to preface this wall of text by saying, I am very new at this. I may be missing something obvious.
I'm working in Flash CS5 with Actionscript 3. I'm trying to use actionscript to create a textfield, and populate it with text. I've…

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How to make Rails route to response for the font files (eot)?
In my rails(2.x) application. I want to use custom font in my view. So that I added the font files in public under fonts folder. When I try to get the fonts in url or via application, it through routing error. I guess rails routes not able to…

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Why don't Base64 Embedded fonts work in IE11 if "font download" property is disabled?
So at face value, this makes sense -- if IE disables "font download," it shouldn't download, fine, I accept that.
HOWEVER -- what about using base64 fonts? These are embedded directly in CSS / do not reference a physical file, therefore no font…

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StemV value of the TrueType font
I'm embedding a TrueType font into pdf and thus need to create descriptor dictionary for it.
Among the required fields is StemV and I haven't found where in the ttf this info is stored.
I think I saw an hint somewhere that it is part of the CVT…

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Replace Font in PDF
is it possible to replace a (embedded) font in a pdf-file? I tried Acrobat, but there I just can replace paragraph by paragraph. I want to replace every word with that font in the complete document.
Maybe possible with ghostscript or anything like…

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Embed custom font in a PDF generated from iPad Application
Overview
I am generating a four page PDF document in an iPad application that uses a custom font, Trade Gothic. It is embedding correctly into the application, and looks great.
However, part of the app is to email the PDF as a leave behind. This…

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How to calculate descender height in javascript?
My css has defined the font-family to cascade depending on what fonts are available:
.myfont {
text-transform: uppercase;
font-family: Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;
padding: 2em;
background-color: red;
}
and, depending on what font…

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How to extract embedded fonts from pdf file using fontforge script
I am trying to extract fonts from pdf file using following fontforge script
Open("file.pdf")
file = $firstfont
while ( file != "" )
Open(file)
Print($fontname)
file = $nextfont
endloop
This only loads one font but if I open same pdf file…

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custom fonts, eot, not working
I cant get my custom fonts to work in IE7 and IE8:
http://i-creative.dk/iJob/
It works fine in IE9, Firefox and Chrome...
For Firefox and Chrome the fonts are in TTF
And for IE, it's in EOT
However, it only works in IE9 :(
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Need help finding specification document for Adobe Type1 binary font file - PFB
I need to read PFB files and extract Glyph information from it. I am unable to find the specification for the specific file. I have the Adobe Type1 font specification. But the PFB file is in binary format and i am unable to decode glyph information…

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@font-face issues
I have done this before, but still haven't mastered it. I downloaded a font kit from fontsquirrel.com and tried to get my custom font to work on my site. I have tried so many variations including the "bullet proof" methods found online that I have…

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CSS: Bulletproof @font-face: Smiley variation
Possible Duplicate:
CSS @font-face - what does “src: local('☺')” mean?
Hi,
I came across this article - Bulletproof @font-face syntax
http://paulirish.com/2009/bulletproof-font-face-implementation-syntax/
Here is the syntax of…

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Detecting font download permission in IExplorer
I am using dynamic fonts (font-face) in an HTML page.
I have seen that sometimes, IExplorer users doesn't have have permission to download fonts. This is a choice of security settings.
Is it possible to detect using Javascript if the browser allows…

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Embedding web fonts in HTML/CSS
Is it possible to embed web fonts in a standalone HTML page using a dataURL or something similar, without having to load them from an external file or address?

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How to get a pdf embedded fonts using PDFBOX0.8.0
My code:
FileInputStream pdfFile = new FileInputStream("C:/work/pdf2tiff/test.PDF");
PDDocument pdDocument = PDDocument.load(pdfFile, true);
PDDocumentCatalog catalog = pdDocument.getDocumentCatalog();
List pages =…

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