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October 24, 2022
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Missing PS Font in a PDF document created with FrameMaker 2020

  • October 24, 2022
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Hi,

The PS Font appears in the FrameMaker document but it does not appear in the PDF document created with Acrobat Pro DC.

The PS Font file can be printed from Windoes Fonts folder without a hassle (without Acrobat), so problem is not in the font itself. I suspect the problem is in Acrobat Distiller, because the font appears correctly in FrameMaker document!

Any help with this issue will be appeciated!

Iracildo

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Braniac
    October 27, 2022

    I was able to use the HP-17BII OTF font you provided via email to convert characters to outlines (thus allowing you to save as SVG, EPS, or other graphic format) and place the files as needed into FrameMaker. HP-17BII is the only font you supplied in OTF. I was unable to use the PBF and PBM files for anything (sorry, my font sleuthing skills are not what they were in the 90s)

    Either way, a 30-day trial of Illustrator will allow you to convert the characters to outlines and save them to individual graphic files.

     

    Not perfect, but if you can't get the font to process to PDF, it may be the next best solution.

    -Matt SullivanFrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    K.Daube
    Braniac
    October 31, 2022

    From the files HP-17BII.pfb and HP-17BII.pfm (don't know, what role the second one plays) I could create a HP-17BII.ttf with the help of FontLab Studio 5. I have attached the ttf

    FontLab shows these assignments:

    I'm late with this solution, but I was absent for some time...

    Known Participant
    October 31, 2022

    Hi, Kaube!

    Thanks for your help! A friend of mine extracted the characters of file c00363348.pdf and saved them in format svg. And I inseted the characters in the files of my book!

    I will install the font HP-17BII and test it with FM. I will let you know the result.

    God bless you!

    Regards

    Bob_Niland
    Braniac
    October 24, 2022

    By "PS Font" do you mean:
    ◊ a "PostScript" (Type 1) font, and if so, what name?

    ◊ a font named "PS" and if so, what font file type?
    Type 1 fonts are going to become unuseable shortly, but I don't think the deadline has hit FM yet.

    Known Participant
    October 25, 2022
    It is a custom Type 1 font that I created myself. Please, see the attached
    pdf file!

    Regards
    Iracildo
    Bob_Niland
    Braniac
    October 25, 2022

    No PDF file found.

     

    Rendering path might matter too:
    Save as PDF
    Print to PDF
    Publish to PDF
    Print to .ps & Distill?

     

    Your mention of "created with Acrobat Pro DC" also raise the question of what Acrogat version.