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

[John Ralls]

On Aug 18, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote:

> 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.
> 

Uh, no.

You'd still need those fonts to create the document, and you have to pay for them for that purpose... meaning that everyone who wants to build a PDF of the Japanese docs would have to buy and download the Adobe fonts. Tamaguchi-san's recommendation of the free IPA fonts is much more palatable.

Regards,
John Ralls