OCRA, ZipcodeBarcode-regular and Skandata fonts not working when exporting

Hi,
I am having problems displaying OCR-A, zipcodebarcode-regular and
(third party)SKANDATA-C39 fonts on my application.
The way I am trying to render the fonts is by running a MS SQL
Reporting Services application and then doing an export to adobe
acrobat.
In reporting services, all the fonts are displayed correctly but when
I do the export to adobe, they are replaced by other fonts.
I checked the distiller and found out that for the OCR-A and
ZipcodeBarcode-regular fonts, the message "This font's license does
not permit embedding" appears. If I'm not mistaken, they are
microsoft fonts that should be displayed like any other font.
For the SKANDATA.TTF font, it does not even get displayed on the list
of fonts from adobe disteller.
Thanks is advance for all your help
AlRS doesn't do font embedding when rendering to PDF.
The font must be installed both on the RS server (so that we have access to
the font metrics when laying out the pages) and on the client machine where
you are trying to view the PDF (so that Acrobat can load the glyphs).
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"A Gutie" <fiututor@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am having problems displaying OCR-A, zipcodebarcode-regular and
> (third party)SKANDATA-C39 fonts on my application.
> The way I am trying to render the fonts is by running a MS SQL
> Reporting Services application and then doing an export to adobe
> acrobat.
> In reporting services, all the fonts are displayed correctly but when
> I do the export to adobe, they are replaced by other fonts.
> I checked the distiller and found out that for the OCR-A and
> ZipcodeBarcode-regular fonts, the message "This font's license does
> not permit embedding" appears. If I'm not mistaken, they are
> microsoft fonts that should be displayed like any other font.
> For the SKANDATA.TTF font, it does not even get displayed on the list
> of fonts from adobe disteller.
> Thanks is advance for all your help
> Al|||Hi Chris,
We'd already installed all the fonts we are using on the server and on
the local machines.
What you have suggested has not work for us. Any other ideas?
I found a free font on the net. If you search for free3of9.ttf you
can download the font and then try using it to see if you are lucky
getting the results. Other fonts are zipcode.ttf, zipcodebarcode.ttf
- to name a few.
Again, everything is ok on RS, is just exporting to PDF the issue with
not rendereing eventhough the font is on the local and server
machines.
BTW, this is just one of the many fonts I have tried using but no luck
so far.
Thanks again,
Al
"Chris Hays [MSFT]" <chays@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<#ZwU1tsjEHA.704@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> RS doesn't do font embedding when rendering to PDF.
> The font must be installed both on the RS server (so that we have access to
> the font metrics when laying out the pages) and on the client machine where
> you are trying to view the PDF (so that Acrobat can load the glyphs).
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> mileage may vary. Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear. No user
> serviceable parts inside. Opening cover voids warranty. Keep out of reach of
> children under 3.
> "A Gutie" <fiututor@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eca873f7.0408270336.195d11c@.posting.google.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am having problems displaying OCR-A, zipcodebarcode-regular and
> > (third party)SKANDATA-C39 fonts on my application.
> >
> > The way I am trying to render the fonts is by running a MS SQL
> > Reporting Services application and then doing an export to adobe
> > acrobat.
> > In reporting services, all the fonts are displayed correctly but when
> > I do the export to adobe, they are replaced by other fonts.
> >
> > I checked the distiller and found out that for the OCR-A and
> > ZipcodeBarcode-regular fonts, the message "This font's license does
> > not permit embedding" appears. If I'm not mistaken, they are
> > microsoft fonts that should be displayed like any other font.
> >
> > For the SKANDATA.TTF font, it does not even get displayed on the list
> > of fonts from adobe disteller.
> >
> > Thanks is advance for all your help
> > Al|||I was able to reproduce the problem with free3of9.ttf. Thanks!
I'll send it over to the dev team and let them know to contact you if they
find a workaround while they're fixing the bug.
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serviceable parts inside. Opening cover voids warranty. Keep out of reach of
children under 3.
"A Gutie" <fiututor@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eca873f7.0409011037.50fbec88@.posting.google.com...
> Hi Chris,
> We'd already installed all the fonts we are using on the server and on
> the local machines.
> What you have suggested has not work for us. Any other ideas?
> I found a free font on the net. If you search for free3of9.ttf you
> can download the font and then try using it to see if you are lucky
> getting the results. Other fonts are zipcode.ttf, zipcodebarcode.ttf
> - to name a few.
> Again, everything is ok on RS, is just exporting to PDF the issue with
> not rendereing eventhough the font is on the local and server
> machines.
> BTW, this is just one of the many fonts I have tried using but no luck
> so far.
> Thanks again,
> Al
>
> "Chris Hays [MSFT]" <chays@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:<#ZwU1tsjEHA.704@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> > RS doesn't do font embedding when rendering to PDF.
> > The font must be installed both on the RS server (so that we have access
to
> > the font metrics when laying out the pages) and on the client machine
where
> > you are trying to view the PDF (so that Acrobat can load the glyphs).
> >
> > --
> > This post is provided 'AS IS' with no warranties, and confers no rights.
All
> > rights reserved. Some assembly required. Batteries not included. Your
> > mileage may vary. Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear. No
user
> > serviceable parts inside. Opening cover voids warranty. Keep out of
reach of
> > children under 3.
> > "A Gutie" <fiututor@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:eca873f7.0408270336.195d11c@.posting.google.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am having problems displaying OCR-A, zipcodebarcode-regular and
> > > (third party)SKANDATA-C39 fonts on my application.
> > >
> > > The way I am trying to render the fonts is by running a MS SQL
> > > Reporting Services application and then doing an export to adobe
> > > acrobat.
> > > In reporting services, all the fonts are displayed correctly but when
> > > I do the export to adobe, they are replaced by other fonts.
> > >
> > > I checked the distiller and found out that for the OCR-A and
> > > ZipcodeBarcode-regular fonts, the message "This font's license does
> > > not permit embedding" appears. If I'm not mistaken, they are
> > > microsoft fonts that should be displayed like any other font.
> > >
> > > For the SKANDATA.TTF font, it does not even get displayed on the list
> > > of fonts from adobe disteller.
> > >
> > > Thanks is advance for all your help
> > > Al|||I am able to show the 4 of 9 font on the pdf as long as I view the pdf on the
same machine that has the font installed. Place the text between '*' like
*text* and it will work. It still wont show on a machine that doesnt have the
font installed though.