IPA font for japanese GnuCash PDF documentation; was: Need advice for Bug #

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hello together,

Am Donnerstag, 18. August 2011 um 15:55:21 schrieb Geert Janssens:
> So we only need the IPA font for pdf generation. Since it gets embedded in
> the pdf, people only interested in reading the pdf don't need to have the
> font installed themselves. That nicely limits the people that need to have
> the font installed.

Just by couriousity I found 
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4424:
"Adobe® Reader® 9.1 Font Packs enable you to display and interact with 
documents authored in languages other than those supported in your native 
Adobe Reader software. They are needed to correctly display a document when 
an author does not embed the appropriate font into the document. They are 
also needed when the author does embed the font, but the reader of the 
document wishes to interact in some way with its content, for example, by 
collaborating, commenting, or filling out forms.

This Font Pack which supports Japanese
can be installed either on demand or as a standalone installer. "On demand" 
means that Reader realizes it is missing the Font Pack needed to display or 
interact with the document and asks the user if the Font Pack should be 
downloaded and installed. A standalone installer, which you can download from 
this page, allows the Font Pack to be installed independently of Reader."

So at least for the usage of the Adobe Reader there is no need, to embed a 
font. It should automagically download above font.

> I propose to move forward as follows:
> I'd like to apply your translation work already, but skip the changes you
> made for the pdf generation. That part still needs some work based on the
> discussion so far. Applying the translations separately will already make
> the guide available in Japanese via the website and optionally in the other
> formats (winhelp, epub, mobi).
>
> That way it will probably also be easier for you to work on these two parts
> independently, first the translation, and later improve the build system.
:
> How does that sound ?
>
> Geert

Fully agreed.

Frank