When you have a PDF file you have an Encoding value which defines the exact glyf used. There are some standard settings (MAC, WIN, STD) or you can also build your own Encoding table. There is a standard set of glyf names (A, B, fl, fi, quote) but you can call your glyfs anything you…
One of the challenges when using a converted font from a PDF file for HTML5 display is to ensure that the correct glyf value is used. Every font contains a map (CMAP) telling the font which glyf is the correct one to display for that actual character. Here is an example from a font inside…
I have been looking at a PDF to HTML5 conversion issue where there was some odd text appearing on the HTML5 page but not in the PDF file. It turned out to be rather interesting… Every glyf inside a PDF file has a name (A, B, Space, ellipsis, etc). There are a whole set of…
