[reportlab-users] TTF font within reportlab created pdf

[Robin Becker]

Britt Hibbert wrote:
> Hi again, and thanks all for your responses to my last question. 
> 
> The report that I have created for a client uses a TrueType font in it .  Some of the customers that my client has passed this document on to have experienced issues opening the document.  As far as I can tell , all of these customers are using MAC's. Again forgive my ignorance of pdf's and TTF's, but would there be any reason that a MAC would have an issue with a font embedded into a pdf if this font was a TTF ?  In one case, a customer was able to open the document, but sections of the document using the font did not display.  In another case, one of the users reported getting this message:
> 
> "Cannot extract the embedded font - {long archaic font descrptor omitted} - Some characters may not display or print correctly. 
> 
> Does anyone have an idea on what could be causing this issue, and a possible fix for it?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help
> 
> Britt Hibbert

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What version of reportlab/macos are you/they using? It's possible we 
have fixed something. We do have customers using the mac platform (both 
os 9 and x) so it maye be something we've fixed.
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Robin Becker