Why isn't ghostscript finding my font?

Hi,

I'm using Ghostscript 8.62 on Fedora Core 6 Linux.  I have this font
on my computer ...

/usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/georgia.ttf

But when I run this command ...

gs -I/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/:/usr/share/libwmf/fonts/:/usr/
share/fonts/msttcorefonts/ -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dTextAlphaBits=4  -
dJPEGQ=100 -sDEVICE=jpeg -r75.27 -sOutputFile=ViralCopy%d.jpg
ViralCopy.pdf -c -quit

I get

Page 3
Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia

Why is there a substitution being made when I included the font
directory in my include path?

Thanks, - Dave

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:31:03 -0700 (PDT), laredotornado wrote:

> I'm using Ghostscript 8.62 on Fedora Core 6 Linux.  I have this font
> on my computer ...
>
> /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/georgia.ttf
>
> But when I run this command ...
>
> gs -I/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/:/usr/share/libwmf/fonts/:/usr/
> share/fonts/msttcorefonts/ -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dTextAlphaBits=4  -
> dJPEGQ=100 -sDEVICE=jpeg -r75.27 -sOutputFile=ViralCopy%d.jpg
> ViralCopy.pdf -c -quit
>
> I get
>
> Page 3
> Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia
>
> Why is there a substitution being made when I included the font
> directory in my include path?

You likely need a Fontmap file in that directory:

/AndaleMono (./andalemo.ttf);
/ArialMT (./arial.ttf);
/Arial-BoldMT (./arialbd.ttf);
/Arial-BoldItalicMT (./arialbi.ttf);
/Arial-ItalicMT (./ariali.ttf);
/Arial-Black (./ariblk.ttf);
/ComicSansMS (./comic.ttf);
/ComicSansMS-Bold (./comicbd.ttf);
/CourierNewPSMT (./cour.ttf);
/CourierNewPS-BoldMT (./courbd.ttf);
/CourierNewPS-BoldItalicMT (./courbi.ttf);
/CourierNewPS-ItalicMT (./couri.ttf);
/Georgia (./georgia.ttf);
/Georgia-Bold (./georgiab.ttf);
/Georgia-Italic (./georgiai.ttf);
/Georgia-BoldItalic (./georgiaz.ttf);
/Impact (./impact.ttf);
/AndaleMono (./monotype.ttf);
/TimesNewRomanPSMT (./times.ttf);
/TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT (./timesbd.ttf);
/TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT (./timesbi.ttf);
/TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT (./timesi.ttf);
/TrebuchetMS (./trebuc.ttf);
/TrebuchetMS-Bold (./trebucbd.ttf);
/Trebuchet-BoldItalic (./trebucbi.ttf);
/TrebuchetMS-Italic (./trebucit.ttf);
/Verdana (./verdana.ttf);
/Verdana-Bold (./verdanab.ttf);
/Verdana-Italic (./verdanai.ttf);
/Verdana-BoldItalic (./verdanaz.ttf);
/Webdings (./webdings.ttf);

On Mar 22, 8:05=A0am, Bob Tennent <B...@cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:31:03 -0700 (PDT),laredotornadowrote:
>
> =A0> I'm using Ghostscript 8.62 on Fedora Core 6 Linux. =A0I have this fon=[/color
]
t
> =A0> on my computer ...
> =A0>
> =A0> /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/georgia.ttf
> =A0>
> =A0> But when I run this command ...
> =A0>
> =A0> gs -I/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/:/usr/share/libwmf/fonts/:/usr/
> =A0> share/fonts/msttcorefonts/ -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dTextAlphaBits=3D4 =A0-=[/color
]

> =A0> dJPEGQ=3D100 -sDEVICE=3Djpeg -r75.27 -sOutputFile=3DViralCopy%d.jpg
> =A0> ViralCopy.pdf -c -quit
> =A0>
> =A0> I get
> =A0>
> =A0> Page 3
> =A0> Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia
> =A0>
> =A0> Why is there a substitution being made when I included the font
> =A0> directory in my include path?
>
> You likely need a Fontmap file in that directory:
>
> /AndaleMono (./andalemo.ttf);
> /ArialMT (./arial.ttf);
> /Arial-BoldMT (./arialbd.ttf);
> /Arial-BoldItalicMT (./arialbi.ttf);
> /Arial-ItalicMT (./ariali.ttf);
> /Arial-Black (./ariblk.ttf);
> /ComicSansMS (./comic.ttf);
> /ComicSansMS-Bold (./comicbd.ttf);
> /CourierNewPSMT (./cour.ttf);
> /CourierNewPS-BoldMT (./courbd.ttf);
> /CourierNewPS-BoldItalicMT (./courbi.ttf);
> /CourierNewPS-ItalicMT (./couri.ttf);
> /Georgia (./georgia.ttf);
> /Georgia-Bold (./georgiab.ttf);
> /Georgia-Italic (./georgiai.ttf);
> /Georgia-BoldItalic (./georgiaz.ttf);
> /Impact (./impact.ttf);
> /AndaleMono (./monotype.ttf);
> /TimesNewRomanPSMT (./times.ttf);
> /TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT (./timesbd.ttf);
> /TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT (./timesbi.ttf);
> /TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT (./timesi.ttf);
> /TrebuchetMS (./trebuc.ttf);
> /TrebuchetMS-Bold (./trebucbd.ttf);
> /Trebuchet-BoldItalic (./trebucbi.ttf);
> /TrebuchetMS-Italic (./trebucit.ttf);
> /Verdana (./verdana.ttf);
> /Verdana-Bold (./verdanab.ttf);
> /Verdana-Italic (./verdanai.ttf);
> /Verdana-BoldItalic (./verdanaz.ttf);
> /Webdings (./webdings.ttf);

Thanks for this info, Bob.  Am I supposed to name that file
"fontmap.map"?  Probably not because I created a file by cut and
pasting what you had and named it "fontmap.map" in the mstcorefonts
directory.  I was root when I created the file and gave it perms 755.
But disappointingly, I still get the

Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia.

when I re-ran my conversion script. - Dave

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:37:53 -0700 (PDT), laredotornado wrote:
> On Mar 22, 8:05_am, Bob Tennent <B...@cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
>
> Thanks for this info, Bob.  Am I supposed to name that file
> "fontmap.map"?

Just "Fontmap". But also check that that directory is in the ghostscript
Search path:

$ gs -h

Bob T.

On Mar 22, 9:46=A0pm, Bob Tennent <B...@cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:37:53 -0700 (PDT),laredotornadowrote:
>
> =A0> On Mar 22, 8:05=A0am, Bob Tennent <B...@cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
> =A0>
> =A0> Thanks for this info, Bob. =A0Am I supposed to name that file
> =A0> "fontmap.map"? =A0
>
> Just "Fontmap". But also check that that directory is in the ghostscript
> Search path:
>
> =A0$ gs -h
>
> Bob T.

Hi, Thanks for that clarification.  A couple of follow-ups.  Can I use
the "-I" directive to include different fontpaths to search?

Anyway, when I changed to "Fontmap" now my output has this ...

Loading Georgia font from /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/
georgia.ttf... 2616100 1278473 12599848 11200983 3 done.
Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia.

Why is it still substituting even though it says it loaded that font?

- Dave

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:39:40 -0700 (PDT), laredotornado wrote:
 
>
> Hi, Thanks for that clarification.  A couple of follow-ups.  Can I use
> the "-I" directive to include different fontpaths to search?

$ man gs:

-Idirectories
Adds the designated list of directories at the head of the
search path for library files.

But note that ghostscript distinguishes between the library path and
the font path.

> Anyway, when I changed to "Fontmap" now my output has this ...
>
> Loading Georgia font from /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/
> georgia.ttf... 2616100 1278473 12599848 11200983 3 done.
> Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia.
>
> Why is it still substituting even though it says it loaded that font?

You'll have to read the details of how ghostscript looks for fonts. Look
for Use.htm in the documentation and the section "How Ghostscript finds
files".

But can you not fix the Postscript-generating application to *embed all
fonts* (or least those not in the Base 14)? You'll save yourself a lot
of suffering.

Bob T.

On Mar 24, 3:55=A0pm, Bob Tennent <B...@cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:39:40 -0700 (PDT),laredotornadowrote:
>
> =A0>> Just "Fontmap". But also check that that directory is in the ghostsc=[/color
]
ript
> =A0>> Search path:
> =A0>>
> =A0>> =A0$ gs -h
> =A0>
> =A0> Hi, Thanks for that clarification. =A0A couple of follow-ups. =A0Can =[/color
]
I use
> =A0> the "-I" directive to include different fontpaths to search?
>
> $ man gs:
>
> =A0-Idirectories
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Adds the designated list of directories at the=[/color
]
head of the
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 search path for library files.
>
> But note that ghostscript distinguishes between the library path and
> the font path. =A0
>
> =A0> Anyway, when I changed to "Fontmap" now my output has this ...
> =A0>
> =A0> LoadingGeorgiafont from /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/
> =A0>georgia.ttf... 2616100 1278473 12599848 11200983 3 done.
> =A0> Substituting font Times-Roman forGeorgia.
> =A0>
> =A0> Why is it still substituting even though it says it loaded that font?=[/color
]

>
> You'll have to read the details of how ghostscript looks for fonts. Look
> for Use.htm in the documentation and the section "How Ghostscript finds
> files".
>
> But can you not fix the Postscript-generating application to *embed all
> fonts* (or least those not in the Base 14)? You'll save yourself a lot
> of suffering.
>
> Bob T.

Sadly in the given application, I do not have control over what PDF
files are uploaded, else I'd do what you said above.

After reading Use.htm (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/6.01/
Use.htm#Font_lookup), I discovered the "-sFONTPATH=3D" switch, and tried
it out, to no avail

[me@mymachine]~% gs -I/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/:/usr/share/
libwmf/fonts/:/usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/ -sFONTPATH=3D/usr/share/
fonts/default/Type1/:/usr/share/libwmf/fonts/:/usr/share/fonts/
msttcorefonts/ -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dTextAlphaBits=3D4  -dJPEGQ=3D100 -
sDEVICE=3Djpeg -r75.27 -sOutputFile=3DViralCopy%d.jpg ViralCopy.pdf -c -
quit
GPL Ghostscript 8.62 (2008-02-29)
Copyright (C) 2008 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Processing pages 1 through 30.
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Loading Georgia font from /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/
georgia.ttf... 2646036 1294066 12599848 11200983 3 done.
Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia.


I'd prefer not to alter environment variables because when I run this
application in the production hosting environment, I may not have
control over those.  But if that's the only way, so be it.  Thoughts?
- Dave

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:47:48 -0700 (PDT), laredotornado wrote:

> Loading Georgia font from /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/
> georgia.ttf... 2646036 1294066 12599848 11200983 3 done.
> Substituting font Times-Roman for Georgia.

What seems strange to me is that ghostscript finds georgia.ttf, loads
it, but then substitutes Time-Roman. Are you sure your ghostscript is
compiled with ttf support? What I would do is look at the source code to
see what circumstances lead to a "Substituting font XXX for YYY" message.
Or there may be a way to turn on verbose logging while it runs.

Bob T.

laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote:

>I'd prefer not to alter environment variables because when I run this
>application in the production hosting environment, I may not have
>control over those.  But if that's the only way, so be it.

I don't understand your objection. You can run a shell script which
sets the required environment variables and calls GhostScript. This
will have no effect on anything else.
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