font errors/problems

[Combs, Richard]

Jburgdor wrote: 
 
> I'm getting a series of perplexing messages running a build script on a
> large book, outputting PDF. Just after the PDF is saved, FM displays
> dialogs about Entry Sizes, Angles, Variations, and Weights not found in
> the maker.ini file, and do I want to save those values to the INI file.
> I answer no to each and then see an Internal Error dialog, and FM
> crashes.
> When I look at the resulting PDF, the fonts are screwed up; when I
> examine the INI file, the allegedly missing Entry Sizes, etc, values
> ARE stated in the INI file.
> So I back up and manually use File > Print Book, which results in a
> well-formed PDF, the correct fonts use, and no errors.
> Anyone have a clue what's going on here? Or a fix?

Art's question is a good one, and if you're talking different machines, the installed fonts could also be an issue. 

Here's another question: What's your script doing, font-wise? I've never seen dialogs such as you describe (what version of FM is this?), but it sounds like your script is attempting to do some run-time font mapping (that's what the references to size, angle, variation, and weight suggest). 

Further question: You say "the allegedly missing ... values ARE stated in the INI file." Can you post the entries you're talking about to the list? That might help clarify what's going on. 

My own WAG is that your script is attempting to do something it either (1) shouldn't do at all or (2) should do differently. Are you the script author, or is the script author available? 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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