Re: Need Help - Xpdf Not Rendering Text [SOLVED!]

On 22 Jun 2024 17:24:55 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

Le 22-06-2024, Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks> a écrit :

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Solved!  Solved!  Solved! 

 
I don't believe that.
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Read and weep.

I was not sure about the mapping from the old URW Postscript
fonts to the new URW fonts.  I had to check other distros for
examples.

RedHat-based distros still use the old URW fonts, but Arch Linux
uses the new fonts.  Using their xpdfrc config file as an example
I was able to get the correct mapping:

fontFile Times-Roman           /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Regular.otf
fontFile Times-Italic          /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Italic.otf
fontFile Times-Bold            /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Bold.otf
fontFile Times-BoldItalic      /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-BoldItalic.otf
fontFile Helvetica             /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Regular.otf
fontFile Helvetica-Oblique     /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Oblique.otf
fontFile Helvetica-Bold        /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Bold.otf
fontFile Helvetica-BoldOblique /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-BoldOblique.otf
fontFile Courier               /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Regular.otf
fontFile Courier-Oblique       /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Italic.otf
fontFile Courier-Bold          /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Bold.otf
fontFile Courier-BoldOblique   /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-BoldItalic.otf
fontFile Symbol                /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/StandardSymbolsPS.otf
fontFile ZapfDingbats          /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/Z003-MediumItalic.otf

Hoorah!  Now xpdf can properly display any PDF file.

Note these are all OTF fonts and not the older Type 1 mappings.

Xpdf is the BEST simple PDF reader on GNU/Linux.  Why use anything else?
Why?  Tell me why?