[Gs-devel] learning how to use CID fonts

[mpsuzuki at hiroshima-u.ac.jp]

Hello Mr. Mark Devries,

>I can load the file with '(name) run' and use the font just fine.
>When I try to load it with "findfont" (we have a custom fallback
>routine for this) it locates and reads in the font file,

Hmm, you tried to load uncomposed raw CID-keyed font
(FontType 11 - not combined with CMap) by findfont?
Raw CID-keyed font dictionary can not be accessed by
findfont, they should be loaded by "/name /CIDFont
findresource".

>But that's not the way we'll be using this in production,
>where our PS files will also go to printers that don't
>have disk systems to 'run' the CMAP, etc.

Yet I could not figure out what you want to do, please
let me know more detail.

You want to make PS file using CMap/CID-keyed font but
printable on printers without CMap?

Or, you want to create your own CMap and embed it to
your PS file?

Best Wishes,
suzuki toshiya