Fwd: RE: Frame, SVG and pdf

[Shlomo Perets <shlomo2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> To: Shlomo Perets <shlomo2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On the Free Framers list, you wrote:
> > [but... if this is of interest, text in SVG graphics in nevertheless not
> > searchable in the PDF]
>
> I'm sure you know why this is so, but in case not, here goes:
>
> When FM imports the SVG, it uses the svg2pdf DLL to convert the SVG to 
> PDF. It then stores two facets for the graphic: the original SVG, and the 
> PDF conversion. It is the PDF conversion that gets used for display and 
> output. Unfortunately, when the svg2pdf DLL converts any text in the SVG 
> for the PDF facet, it uses the Asian Identity-H encoding. And the text 
> remains in this encoding thereafter - including in any PostScript or PDF 
> that is output from the FM document.
>
> That wouldn't be too big a problem, except that  Western versions of 
> Acrobat Reader cannot search for text that uses the Identity-H encoding. 
> Unless, that is, you find an instance of the text, copy it into the search 
> dialog (when it appears as square boxes), and then search.
>
> If you know of any way to force FrameMaker's svg2pdf DLL to use a more 
> sensible encoding, I'd welcome hearing of it. Or if you have enough 
> influence with Adobe to get them to fix this "feature" in a future 
> release, that would also be good.
>
> And my apologies for posting this direct. I don't subscribe to Free 
> Framers, so can't post there. Feel free to repost what I've written 
> anywhere you like; just please omit my email address.
>
> --
>
> Mike Hardy
> Technical Publications, ARM Ltd
> Direct dial: +44 (0) 1223 400762
> http://www.arm.com/




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