[XeTeX] possible bug in xdvipdfmx
Jonathan Kew
jonathan_kew at sil.org
Tue Jun 13 18:25:41 CEST 2006
On 13 Jun 2006, at 4:05 pm, Ralf Stubner wrote:
> Pablo Rodríguez <oinos at web.de> writes:
>
>> Just accidentally I have discovered that xdvipdfmx embeds the
>> TrueType
>> font many times if different sizes are selected (which seems to be
>> wrong).
>
> I can reporduce this behaviour with different TrueType fonts. pdffonts
> lists:
>
> name type emb sub uni
> object ID
> ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- ---
> ---------
> FDAXKU+FreeSerif CID TrueType yes yes yes
> 5 0
> UBLDOT+FreeSerif CID TrueType yes yes yes
> 7 0
> WBMNJL+FreeSerif CID TrueType yes yes yes
> 9 0
> SXJCXG+FreeSerif CID TrueType yes yes yes
> 11 0
> VSVIUR+FreeSerifItalic CID TrueType yes yes yes
> 13 0
> DAUDZG+FreeSerifBold CID TrueType yes yes yes
> 15 0
> ZVHLYY+FreeSerifBoldItalic CID TrueType yes yes yes
> 17 0
Yes; this is a known issue in [x]dvipdfmx -- see the comment
beginning at line 1312 of pdfdev.c in the dvipdfmx or xdvipdfmx
source code. Suggested patches welcome.... ;)
JK
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