Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

Pedro,

Thank you for reply. Whether the fonts are referenced or embedded, 
wouldn't it be more the renderer's responsibility
to display regardless the font is installed on the system level or not. 
It is reasonable to use the alternative font
if the renderer could not find the font from neither system level nor 
document.

For the testing purpose, with two different systems that do not have 
MuseScore related font, opening the PDF file
generated by MuseScore by Acrobat reader on Win/XP and Evince Document 
Viewer on Ubuntu seems fine. I am not certain
how PDF standard spec defined for the rendering part, but those renderer 
seems to be able to display fine without
the specific fonts on the system level.

Then, while assuming that the 'pdfimport' extension is doing its job, 
wouldn't it more LebreOffice(LO)'s responsibility,
e.g., LO/Draw, here?

Best reagrds,


Pae



On 11/13/2011 07:35 AM, Pedro wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Pae Choi<pae.choi@> wrote:
> > > It seems like there is an issue using pdfimport extension with
> > > LibreOffice.
> > > When importing a simple PDF file it
> > > seems ok means visible, but not 100% identical as advertised. It even got
> > > worse when opening a PDF file generate
> > > by MuseScore, http://musescore.org/. For example, the followin step will
> > > reproduce the case:
> This is not a PDFimport issue.  When you import a PDF it will extract the
> text and retain the font formatting (i.e. font name, size, effects, colour).
> If the font is not installed on your PC it will be replaced by some other
> font and the characters may look odd if the font is too different.
>
> In the case of Musescore, the font is internal to the program and is
> embedded in the PDF (which explains why the PDF looks good).  If you look at
> the document properties you will notice that MScore120 and MScore20 were
> embedded. If you could get these exact fonts your PDFimport would look
> better (I wont say perfect because that is highly unlikely :) )
>
> Bottom line: if the font is embedded in the PDF and you do not have the same
> font installed on your PC, importing from PDF will produce a Draw document
> with some font differences.
>
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