Hi, I packaged TCEXAM (tcexam.org) for review: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465159 One of the issues I (and the reviewer) have is that the included TCPDF (tcpdf.org) application is using embedded fonts for rendering the PDF. As a result, I have several questions for the members of this list: 1. From a brief look, it seems the bundled fonts are free and included in Fedora. How about the almohanad and ZarBold, anybody knows? (here is the full list of font-names): almohanad dejavusansmonoi freemonobi dejavusans dejavuserif freemonoi dejavusansb dejavuserifb freesans dejavusansbi dejavuserifbi freesansb dejavusanscondensed dejavuserifcondensed freesansbi dejavusanscondensedb dejavuserifcondensedb freesansi dejavusanscondensedbi dejavuserifcondensedbi freeserif dejavusanscondensedi dejavuserifcondensedi freeserifb dejavusansi dejavuserifi freeserifbi dejavusansmono freemono freeserifi dejavusansmonob freemonob ZarBold dejavusansmonobi 2. Better substitutes? Defaults? 3. For use by tcpdf, the fonts are converted as described in: http://www.tecnick.com/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=tcpdf_fonts a. One tools which is bundled is afm2pfm (and its inverse pfm2afm): * The upstream of these tools: - http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/pfm2afm/ - It is GPL - Very old code, does not look maintained, but small. * Are these tools of general interest for the font people? Should we invest the time to clean up the code, etc? * If we do not want/need them, what is the alternative method for generating afm files from ttf fonts in Fedora. Can this method be scripted? b. Another bundled tool is ttf2ufm: * Looks like a modified copy of ttf2pt1 which is packaged in Fedora. * What are the difference? Maybe the current Fedora version includes the functionality of ttf2ufm? * If not, does anybody knows where did it come from? I only found copies of this in TCPDF and in some old netscape sources. * If packaging it is problematic, can the same task be done by other tools packaged in Fedora? 4. While doing a search for this mail I found that moodle (packaged in Fedora) bundles TCPDF (and the fonts). So it seems we have a common problem... I will try to contact the maintainer. Thank you for your time, -- Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492 oron@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://users.actcom.co.il/~oron "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi _______________________________________________ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
