KB0008528: Original PDF Uses a Typeface Different from the Preview in Review/Validate
Issue:
Ephesoft Transact is not reading a PDF correctly. The fonts appear to be different in the original PDF and the document in the Review/Validate screen.
Root Cause:
When Ghostscript converts a PDF to a single page TIFF during folder import, Ghostscript converts the fonts to a more readable font. However, some fonts are not supported in Ghostscript and are substituted with a different font, such as Helvetica.
Solution:
Follow these steps to manually add the fonts to the Ghostscript font library.
- Open the following file in Notepad: C:\Ephesoft\Application\native\RecostarPlugin\bin\GsRenderer\Fontmap.GS
- In this file, the standard entries have the original font name in the document and the font name for converting.
/TimesNewRoman /TimesNewRomanPSMT ; /TimesNewRoman,Bold /TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT ; /TimesNewRoman,Italic /TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT ; /TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic /TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT ;
- At the bottom of the file, create a new entry for your font and the font to be converted. The following example uses Lucida Sans Bold as the original font and converts it to a Windows TrueType font l_10646.
/LucidaSans,Bold (C:/Windows/Fonts/l_10646.ttf) ; /Dialog (C:/Windows/Fonts/l_10646.ttf) ;
- Save the Fontmap.GS file
- Restart Ephesoft Transact.