[XeTeX] Type 0 instead of Type 1?

Dirk-Jan Dekker djdekker at gmail.com
Sun Nov 11 20:55:04 CET 2007


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>
> This is a problem that started in Tiger (it didn't happen on Panther), and
> is triggered by the method used to handle .pfb fonts (which Quartz doesn't
> support). So you see this if using Computer Modern or other "legacy" TeX
> fonts in .pfb format, but not for TrueType or natively-installed Type 1 or
> OpenType fonts. The warnings seem to be spurious; the fonts still look
> correct in the PDF.
>
> > Is it possible to force xdvipdfmx to embed my fonts as Type 1 fonts?
>
> Not as far as I know. This is simply how (x)dvipdfmx handles them. Does it
> matter?



Thank you for your explanation. When printing drafts of my book at home,
Type 0 or Type 1 is not a big deal, but the people at the printing office
have been warning against embedding anything but Type-1 fonts.
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