Re: Symbol font weirdness in PDF

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Having both Symbol fonts (unlike other fonts) will not hurt
you, your system, your documents, or your love life.

Unfortunately, that is the way it is currently under 
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server. We have been looking at whether
a change to the PostScript driver can or will fix it.

        - Dov



At 8/29/2003 02:57 PM, Richard Combs wrote:
>I'm using FM6, Acro5, Win2k, and I have a long tale of mystery with a plaintive cry for some logical explanation at the end. :-)
>
>I have a doc in which the Greek letter mu appears. I inserted it by typing a lower-case m and applying the Symbol char tag, which is defined as As Is + Family Symbol. The character looked fine in FM, but didn't appear in the PDF (there was an extra space where it should have been). 
>
>So I did some troubleshooting. I checked Acro's Document Properties > Fonts. "Symbol" was listed, with Type shown as "Type 1" (Source and Actual), and Encoding shown as "Custom." I used the Text Touch-up tool to backspace over the extra space and type "m" -- the letter mu appeared. I saved, and then the Fonts list included a second Symbol Type 1 entry with Encoding shown as "Built-in." 
>
>I recalled reading about weirdness related to the TrueType Symbol font. So I checked, and -- surprise! -- somehow I didn't have SYMBOL.TTF! So, I grabbed it from somewhere, put it in \WINNT\Fonts, and rebooted. I checked with ATM Deluxe, and it showed both the PS and TT Symbol fonts installed and activated. 
>
>I reopened the doc in FM and verified the char format of mu again (FM shows only one Symbol font -- there's no "SymbolMT" entry, the PS name for SYMBOL.TTF). Then, I redistilled. 
>
>This time, the letter mu appeared in the PDF! But, when I checked the Fonts list, it contained "SymbolMT." It shows the Source Type as "TrueType (CID)" and Encoding as "Identity-H." 
>
>Yes, Distiller's Font Locations list includes both the Win Fonts folder and the PSFONTS folder. I've distilled twice now, once with Ignore True Type versions of standard PostScript fonts checked and once with it unchecked -- no difference. 
>
>I suppose I can live with SymbolMT in the PDFs, but I'd love to know what the heck is going on. And what the "TrueType (CID)" Type designation and the "Custom" and Identity-H" Encoding designations mean. And whether I'm dancing on the edge of some precipice. :-) 
>
>Anyone care to enlighten me?   
>
>TIA,
>Richard


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