[Bug 458476] RFE: Support OpenType CFF fonts

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--- Comment #10 from Vasile Gaburici <gaburici at cs.umd.edu>  2008-08-09 14:13:11 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> 
> Correction: XeTeX does embed CFF fonts without conversion. I was confused
> because the /Subtype key comes after the (long) /CIDSet business, and it uses
> /Subtype/CIDFontType0C for /FontFile3, not /Subtype/OpenType. The reason why
> XeTeX uses /CIDFontType0C is that the /OpenType subtype requires PDF-1.6, while
> /CIDFontType0C works in PDF-1.3, which is what XeTeX (xdvipdfmx actually)
> outupts.
> 
> To further add to the confusion, evince displays CFF fonts embedded with
> /CIDFontType0C as "Type 1C (CID)" in the font info box, while pdffonts lists
> them as "CID Type 0C".

Addendum: if one actually wants to include a CFF font *without* a CID table,
then PDF-1.6 is a must because /Subtype/OpenType is the only correct
description for it. The PDF spec is mess when in comes to fonts...

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