[Swftools-common] pdf2swf -s poly2bitmap: Font is NULL ERROR

[Andreas M. Eberharter]

Hi,

I have xpdf-3.02-r4 installed and the PDF looks fine viewing it in xpdf, all 
the fonts are clear and perfectly readable. 

I did some further tests and it seems that I only get this error message if I 
use the switch -s poly2bitmap:
WARNING swf_drawchar: Font is NULL
ERROR   Unknown font id
....

/usr/local/bin/pdf2swf -zi -T9 --flatten -s poly2bitmap -s subpixels=2 -s 
jpegquality=60 -s disablelinks -s protect -s zoom=14 
Final_Cut_Studio-In_depth.pdf 

I read that -s poly2bitmap "Convert graphics to bitmaps", so actually, this 
should not have any effect on fonts, should it?

Thanks again!
Regards, Andreas

PS. I have changed the title to reflect the change of topic :)

On 08.11.2010, at 22:26, Chris Ohmstede wrote:

> On 11/08/2010 02:00 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> http://images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/docs/Final_Cut_Studio-In_depth.pdf
>> No,  Converts without issue, from an 18MB pdf to a 224K swf, all 66 pages of 
>> it.
>> 
>> Sounds like you need the relevant fonts in place.  This page may be a good 
>> jumping
>> off point,
>> 
>>    http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/problems.html
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Chris.
> Hi Andreas
> 
> Good to here you got the compile to work.  I also had no problem converting 
> the pdf to an swf.  I have no idea where I got the font but you might want to 
> try installing a couple of pdf viewers (Xpdf, Evince) and maybe the font will 
> come with a dependency.
> 
> Chris