[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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