How to specify font locations for PDF2SVG

[Ryan]

Q:
How does PDF2SVG determine where fonts are located? On windows is it just c:\windows\fonts?

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A:
The latest version of PDF2SVG now supports the option to pass in a xml file that specifies font substitutions. An example xml file is attached.

pdf2svg.exe --config config.xml in.pdf -o outdir

See the following documentation for how this file works.
http://www.pdftron.com/pdfnet/docs/PDFNetC/d9/d87/classpdftron_1_1_p_d_f_net.html#ab207296de9f0bef798345d52d272e7df

And here is an example xml file (or see attached).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<config>
  <!-- This configuration file is used to customize the font substitution. -->
  <fonts>

  <!-- An explicit font map could be used to map specific font names
       to font files. For example:  -->

  <subst name="HGGothicE"         file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGE.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPGothicE"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGE.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSGothicE"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGE.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGGothicM"         file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGM.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPGothicM"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGM.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSGothicM"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGM.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGMaruGothicMPRO"  file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRSMP.TTF"/>
  <subst name="HGKyokashotai"     file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRKK.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPKyokashotai"    file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRKK.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSKyokashotai"    file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRKK.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGGyoshotai"       file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGY.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPGyoshotai"      file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGY.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSGyoshotai"      file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRGY.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSeikaishotaiPRO" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRSKP.TTF"/>
  <subst name="HGSoeiPresenceEB"  file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRPRE.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPSoeiPresenceEB" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRPRE.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSSoeiPresenceEB" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRPRE.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSoeiKakugothicUB" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRSGU.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPSoeiKakugothicUB" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRSGU.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSSoeiKakugothicUB" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRSGU.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSoeiKakupoptai"  file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRPP1.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPSoeiKakupoptai" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRPP1.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSSoeiKakupoptai" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRPP1.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGMinchoB"         file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRMB.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPMinchoB"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRMB.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSMinchoB"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRMB.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGMinchoE"         file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRME.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGPMinchoE"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRME.TTC"/>
  <subst name="HGSMinchoE"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRME.TTC"/>
  <subst name="MSGothic"         file="C:\Windows\Fonts\msgothic.ttc"/>
  <subst name="MSPGothic"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\msgothic.ttc"/>
  <subst name="MSUIGothic"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\msgothic.ttc"/>
  <subst name="MSMincho"         file="C:\Windows\Fonts\msmincho.ttc"/>
  <subst name="MSPMincho"        file="C:\Windows\Fonts\msmincho.ttc"/>
  <subst name="Meiryo"            file="C:\Windows\Fonts\meiryo.ttc"/>
  <subst name="MeiryoItalic"     file="C:\Windows\Fonts\meiryo.ttc"/>
  <subst name="MeiryoBold"       file="C:\Windows\Fonts\meiryob.ttc"/>
  <subst name="MeiryoBoldItalic" file="C:\Windows\Fonts\meiryob.ttc"/>

    <!--subst collection="Japan1" file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Resource\CIDFont\KozGoPr6N-Medium.otff"/>
  <subst collection="Japan2" file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Resource\CIDFont\KozGoPr6N-Medium.otf"/ -->
</fonts>
</config>

[Shamit Verma]

Can this config file be utilized from API as well (PDFNet, API for conversion of PDF to SVG).

Regards,
Shamit

[Aaron]

From the PDFNet SDK API, you can use PDFNet::AddFontSubst:

http://www.pdftron.com/pdfnet/PDFNet/html/Overload_pdftron_PDFNet_AddFontSubst.htm