embedding true type fonts in PDF

[babz]

Hi,

I am trying to embed truetype fonts in PDF using a java application. I
try to read the whole TTF file and write it out as a stream in the out
pdf file. So when i open the pdf file, it displays the following error
message: "cannot extract embedded font timesnewromanPSMT. Some
characters may not print or display correctly".

Here is a snap shot of my PDF file:
***************************************************************************­*********************************

2 0 obj
<</Filter [/ASCII85Decode /FlateDecode ] /Length1 409280 >>stream
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWHAT

TO ADD HERE ????? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxx

endstream
endobj
3 0 obj
<</Type /FontDescriptor /CapHeight 699 /FontFile2 2 0 R /Ascent 693

/ItalicAngle 0 /FontBBox [-568 -306 2000 1006 ] /Descent -215
/StemV 80 /FontName /TimesNewRomanPSMT /Flags 32 >>endobj
4 0 obj
<</Type /Font /CIDSystemInfo <</Ordering (UCS) /Supplement 0
/Registry (Adobe) >>/BaseFont /TimesNewRomanPSMT /FontDescriptor 3 0

R /Subtype /CIDFontType2 >>endobj
5 0 obj
<</Type /Font /DescendantFonts [4 0 R ] /BaseFont
/TimesNewRomanPSMT /Encoding /Identity-H /Subtype /Type0 >>endobj
***************************************************************************­**********************************

It shows that the stream i am embedding is incorrect. So I now have a
TTF File reader that can read different tables of a ttf file. So what i

need to know is what will be the exact bytes that will be required to
be written in the output PDF file as a stream that will make it work?

Also, please let me know how to embed a subset of the font. I mean, if
I use characters with unicode values 1731 and 1732, I dont want to add
the rest of the glyph information. In that case how will the stream be
different than embedding the whole font.

Thanks in advance,

Babz

[Character]

babz wrote:

Embedded fonts are not "in the clear". Beyond that, your
problem/question is an Acrobat/PDF question rather than being font
related. Think of it as "embedding" a font in a zip file - definitely
not font related. Somewhere there's a large specification for the pdf
format. YOu might ask in the appropriate Adobe forum:
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/index.html

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