Re: Gnome-print, text and fonts.

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 05:48:39PM +0100, Jean Bréfort wrote:
> Le vendredi 26 novembre 2004 à 09:41 -0500, Jody Goldberg a écrit :
> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 08:42:26AM +0100, Jean Bréfort wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have some problems when printing rich text from applications using
> > > gnome-print such as gchempaint and gnumeric.
> > > 
> > > * Slanted text using Serif font is not slanted on printing. I know the
> > > problem comes from the non existence of a Bitstream vera serif italic
> > > font. But on screen, pango slants the characters, not when printing.
> > > 
> > > * Luxi fonts give strange results. Characters are replaced by others. I
> > > don't think gnome-print should behave as a cryptographic software.
> > > 
> > > Should I bugzilla? Or are these problems not relevant to gnome-print?
> > 
> > We should be embedding the fonts in the output.  If you're seeing
> > something different on screen and printer then something is going
> > wrong.  Please bugzilla, this may be related to
> >     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158424
> > which is blocking 2.8.1
> 
> I have the same thing on screen (print preview) and on the printer, but
> the characters have been changed:
> If I type "Hello" in a gnumeric cell and set the font to Luxi Serif, I
> get "Úåéé??" in both print preview and on paper.
> I have opened a new bug:
> 	http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=#159573

This feels like a problem with font subsetting and embedding.