[reportlab-users] Embedded fonts

Andy Robinson andy at reportlab.com
Thu May 8 16:25:48 EDT 2014


It's drawing the bars.

On 8 May 2014 21:22, Jack Wilkinson <jwilkinson at stoneeagle.com> wrote:

> Thank you for the response Andy! Somehow I missed this. I -hope- the print vendor will be happy with anything "odd" being added and everything else being considered standard.

>

> But one question. When I use the barcode method in ReportLab, is it drawing the bars, or using an internal font? And if the latter will that be embedded?

>

> Regards,

> jack

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> Yes, absolutely.

>

> The user guide chapter on fonts covers how to add them. As long as you are using a custom font with one of the registerXXX function calls, (and not just the font name "Times-Roman", "Helvetica" or

> "Courier") then the font will be embedded within the PDF file when it is created.

>

> - Andy

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>

> On 7 May 2014 20:32, Jack Wilkinson <jwilkinson at stoneeagle.com> wrote:

>> Good afternoon,

>>

>>

>>

>> We are considering sending our physical printing to a bulk printing service.

>> One of the vendors we’re considering has requested that all of our

>> document have “embedded fonts”. Is this something that we can do using ReportLab?

>> Their concern is that should we use a non-standard font, it won’t

>> print correctly.

>>

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>>

>> Kind regards,

>>

>> jack

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