Where'd all the fonts go?

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4 total messages Started by Mr._Admin Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:13

#132

Author: Mr._Admin
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:13

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Moving from v5.x to v7.x, I noticed that all of the fonts from v5 (mostly .cmap files in Acrobat5/Resource/Font/) are gone and now there are only a handful of fonts in v7.x (mostly .otf files in Adobe/Acrobat7/Resource/Font/).

Is it safe to copy the contents of the v5.x fonts into the v7.x fonts? I know Zapf Dingbats (strangely enough it has no extension) is a popular one...

What happened here??

Re: Where'd all the fonts go?

#133

Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:38

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Safe, but probably not necessary. What is the problem you want to
solve.

Licensing issues potentially arise, but probably not if copied from an
installation of Reader 5 on the same computer for use only by Reader 7
(can't say for sure).

Aandi Inston

Re: Where'd all the fonts go?

#134

Author: Mr._Admin
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:32

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Well, the first issue is curiosity. Why go from tons of fonts to two or three? I can find *NO* info. even on the move to .otf fonts from .cmap fonts, let alone the loss of so many. I'd like to know more, especially if it *IS* inconsequential? My users create and share PDF files from PC<-->Mac<-->Solaris, so any hiccup will create a mini platform flame war.

In that vein, I upgraded to v7.0.8 and would like for the move to be seamless for these users (they are a remote location that gets infrequent support) and not have them call me for "urgent" support for documents that do not have Zapf Dingbats (or any other myriad of fonts no longer distributed for reading) embedded.

Can anyone explain this change - it's not in the release notes, and something like this probably should be...no? Maybe it was explained in v6, which was before I came on board?

Re: Where'd all the fonts go?

#135

Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:00

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>Well, the first issue is curiosity. Why go from tons of fonts to two or three?

This has never really been adequately explored, but Adobe stopped
shipping the fonts made by third parties. One can speculate that this
saved on licensing fees.  The so called "base fonts", the Helvetica,
Times and Courier families, Symbol and ZapfDingbats all were included.

Now, the special treatment of these fonts continues, but in some cases
a substitute font is created from the multiple master fonts, just as
for a missing font. Few people seem to have noticed the difference.
There is a direct replacement for ZapfDingbats.

> I can find *NO* info. even on the move to .otf fonts from .cmap fonts

Why would this be of interest, if the display works? Really, Adobe
consider the fonts an internal detail of the product, not to be
examined any more than the collection of libraries and executables.

Aandi Inston

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