Anno domini 2021 Tue, 13 Jul 17:21:44 -0400 Edward scripsit: > On 7/13/21 4:55 PM, E. Liddell wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:12:47 -0400 > > Edward <epp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> For the PDF in question, that displays numerous entries, showing > >> Helvetica, Helvetica Bold, Helvetica BoldOblique, Helvetica Oblique and > >> two entries displaying: [none] > >> > >> The Helvetica entries show Type 1, no embedding. The two [none] entries > >> show Type 3, embedded. fonts-liberation and fonts-liberation2 are > >> already installed. > > Helvetica isn't a Microsoft font. It's a sans-serif commonly seen on Macs. > > The usual Microsoft replacement is Arial, but I don't think it's 100% > > metrically identical, so Liberation Sans wouldn't be either. > > > > Of course, it's possible that the Helvetica fonts aren't actually used anywhere > > in the document and that the two nameless fonts are derivatives of something > > else altogether. That would be far from the stupidest thing I've ever seen > > anyone do with a PDF file. > > > >> What is occurring, was that the layout of the PDF viewed with any of the > >> aforementioned packages (except Vivaldi), wasn't 100% perfect. For > >> example, spacing between the letters was uneven. > > That suggests a kerning problem, and possibly an unsuitable font > > substitution. You may want to dig into your distro's information on > > fontconfig. The command "fc-match Helvetica" can be used to see > > what your system's substitute for Helvetica is. > > > > It's also possible the designer was a bonehead and adjusted the spacing > > between letters without embedding the font. That's . . . a little more > > difficult to fix. > > > > E. Liddell > > ~$ fc-match Helvetica > texgyreheros-regular.otf: "TeX Gyre Heros" "Regular" > > This is Debian 10.10 (amd64) Devuan chimaera: $ fc-match Helvetica NimbusSans-Regular.otf: "Nimbus Sans" "Regular" Oh, and then there is that ugly Helvetica-replaced-by-blocky-font problem with firefox when you install xfonts package ... nik > > -- > Linux. A Continual Learning Experience. > > TDE: R14.0.10 - Debian: 10.10 (amd64) > > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
