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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Art + Richard--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks for your responses. And some answers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>This script is now and has for some months been running on a single machine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The script was running fine without alteration, producing no errors, and then … poof, the font problems began.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Am running FM9.0p237.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Here’s the info in maker.ini:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=On<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>; Sizes which will appear in the Format dialog boxes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Sizes=7pt, 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 18pt, 24pt, 36pt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>; Definition of the font vocabulary:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>; Angles, Variations: a list of the words.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>; Weight: the list of words and the associated weight for Windows, if any.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Angles=Regular, Kursiv, Slanted, Oblique, Italic, Obliqued<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Variations=UltraCompressed, ExtraCompressed, Compressed, Condensed, Narrow, Regular, Wide, Poster, Expanded<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Weights=Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, SemiLight 250, Light 300, Book 300, Regular 400, SemiBold 600, DemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Heavy 900, Bolded 700 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The script specifies AdobePDF as the printer driver; that is also the default printer set on this machine. I see nothing else in the script that manipulates fonts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The script developer is available, and not me, but is stumped by all this as well. Like I said, it began happening out of the blue: no changes in machines, drivers, script, fM versions… Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>That’s what I know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.combs@Polycom.com] <br>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:36 PM<br>To: jburgdor; framers@lists.frameusers.com<br>Subject: RE: font errors/problems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Jburgdor wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I'm getting a series of perplexing messages running a build script on a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> large book, outputting PDF. Just after the PDF is saved, FM displays<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> dialogs about Entry Sizes, Angles, Variations, and Weights not found in<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> the maker.ini file, and do I want to save those values to the INI file.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I answer no to each and then see an Internal Error dialog, and FM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> crashes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> When I look at the resulting PDF, the fonts are screwed up; when I<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> examine the INI file, the allegedly missing Entry Sizes, etc, values<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> ARE stated in the INI file.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> So I back up and manually use File > Print Book, which results in a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> well-formed PDF, the correct fonts use, and no errors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Anyone have a clue what's going on here? Or a fix?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Art's question is a good one, and if you're talking different machines, the installed fonts could also be an issue. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Richard G. Combs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Senior Technical Writer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Polycom, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>303-223-5111<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>303-903-6372<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>