[XeTeX] Could This Be a Problem?

[Jonathan Kew]

On 14 Jul 2005, at 3:03 pm, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> Files I created using xelatex and the Zapfino font (An invitation!  
> Lovely font for doing that sort of thing.) leave the following in  
> the system.log:
>
> Jul 14 07:49:29 HSPBG4 xdv2pdf: WARNING: Type1 font data returned  
> by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the  
> Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification.
> Jul 14 07:49:29 HSPBG4 xdv2pdf: WARNING: Type1 font data returned  
> by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the  
> Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification.
> Jul 14 07:49:29 HSPBG4 xdv2pdf: WARNING: Type1 font data returned  
> by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the  
> Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification.
> Jul 14 07:49:48 HSPBG4 xdv2pdf: WARNING: Type1 font data returned  
> by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the  
> Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification.
> Jul 14 07:49:48 HSPBG4 xdv2pdf: WARNING: Type1 font data returned  
> by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the  
> Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification.
> Jul 14 07:49:48 HSPBG4 xdv2pdf: WARNING: Type1 font data returned  
> by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the  
> Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification.

Are you sure it's Zapfino that's triggering this? There's an issue  
with old .pfb fonts under Tiger; that's what normally generates this  
warning, though the PDFs appear to display correctly. I'm still  
trying to find out whether there really is something XeTeX is doing  
wrong, or if it's a CoreGraphics/ATS problem. (Under Panther, the  
warning messages didn't occur.)

Incidentally, if you run xetex from the Terminal rather than TeXShop  
(or similar), you'll see the warnings right there, without having to  
go check the system log file.

> I don't know if this is a problem or in any way related to the  
> large time delays I see in displaying the generated pdf. I even get  
> incorrect glyphs displayed if I recompile quickly without deleting  
> the old pdf, etc., first.

Oh? That's a new one to me; I'll look out for it.

JK