[Swftools-common] problem with embedded TrueType-Fonts (pdf2swf)

[Tobias Maier]

Hi List,

there is a strange behaviour with embedded TrueType-Font.
The characters are not the same than in the PDF and some are
overlapping. It' impossible to read a simple text.
Can you help me?

Greetings
Tobias


Here is an example pdf:
http://www.tobias-maier.com/test.pdf

and the resulting swf:
http://www.tobias-maier.com/test.swf

and here the output form pdf2swf:
C:\swftools_070>pdf2swf -v test.pdf
NOTICE  Output filename not given. Writing to test.swf
NOTICE  Adding c:\swftools_070\fonts to font directories
# snipped VERBOSE Adding c:\swftools_070\fonts\... to fonts
Title:        Pdf document
Creator:      Unknown
Producer:     iText 1.3 by lowagie.com (based on itext-paulo-153)
CreationDate: 20051202184428+01'00'
ModDate:      20051202184428+01'00'
Pages:        1
Linearized:   no
Encrypted:    no
VERBOSE initializing swf output
VERBOSE Starting new SWF page of size 595x842
VERBOSE Render (0,0)-(595,842) move:0/0
NOTICE  processing PDF page 1 (595x842:0:0) (move:0:0)
VERBOSE writing font using TrueTypeFontFile::writeTTF
VERBOSE updateFont(UWBGOZ+Helvetica) ->
C:\DOCUME~1\Salzi\LOCALS~1\Temp\000049af
00004564 (max size: 12.000000)
VERBOSE =========== Helvetica (ID:3,0) ==========
VERBOSE | Tag: UWBGOZ+Helvetica
VERBOSE | Type: TrueType
VERBOSE | Embedded id: UWBGOZ+Helvetica id: 7
NOTICE  SWF written



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