[XeTeX] XeTeX error, no PDF

Stephen Moye stephenmoye at mac.com
Tue Jan 1 17:43:58 CET 2008


Oops -- my bad. I completely forgot that I am using the Lucida Bright  
math fonts to generate horizontal brackets. Those are, no doubt the  
Type 1 fonts that are causing the problems.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.


Stephen Moye


On Jan 1, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Stephen Moye wrote:

>
> On Jan 1, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 01.01.2008 um 16:15 schrieb Stephen Moye:
>>
>>> <Error>: WARNING: Type1 font data returned by OFAStreamPSDownload
>>> isn't in the correct format required by the Adobe Type 1Font Format
>>> specification.
>>
>>
>> You should not need to care about these messages. They come on a
>> quite regular basis, at least on Tiger. The output, i.e. the
>> PostScript Type 1 font converted to OpenType format, seems to be OK.
>> FontForge accepts them, otfinfo rejects them ("not an OpenType font
>> (bad magic number)"), and Linotype FontExplorer X says they're not
>> Mac OS X compatible.
>
> I'm not sure that I understand. According to Linotype FontExplorer X:
>
> Name: Hoefler Text
> Family name: Hoefler Text
> PostScript name: HoeflerText-Regular
> Style: Regular
> Unique name: Hoefler Text; 5.0d7e2; Mon. Mar 7, 2005
> Format: TrueType
> Format (detailed): Data-Fork Suitcase (TrueType)
> Path: /Library/Fonts/Hoefler Text.dfont
> Version: 5.0d7e2
> Copyright: © 1992-1999 Apple Computer, Inc.
> Embedding rights: Preview & Print embedding allowed
> Trademark: Hoefler Text is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
> Vendor: Unknown
> Font ID: 2013
> Activated: by system
> Last activated: Unknown
> Import date: 7/9/07
> My Rating: 0 stars
> Label: None
> Contained in: • Library
> • Active fonts (Smart Set)
>
> Hoefler Text seems to be TrueType, and a standard Mac OS X .dfont.
>
> And I don't understand your reference to a conversion to OpenType
> format.
>
>
> Stephen Moye
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