Distiller and custom encoding

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    Default Distiller and custom encoding

    When I use a type one font and generate a .ps file from any mac app, then run it through distiller, I sometimes run into fonts in the pdf which have "custom" encoding. Due to other process I need to figure out what makes a font "custom" so I can convert the font into either "Mac Roman" or "Ansi". I have both fontographer and FontLab available for any font changes.

    I suspect it is the presence, in the font, of glyphs above the 256 decimal location when Macintosh Roman encoding is declared using FontLab.
    John_Imhoff@adobeforums.com Guest

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    Default Re: Distiller and custom encoding

    Glyphs can't really have a location above 256, but the PostScript
    generated can refer to any combination of glyphs. If any glyph is used
    that is neither in WinAnsi nor MacRoman encoding, Distiller is forced
    to use a custom encoding. In all other cases, it still might - it
    doesn't share your objectives. Probably you should be examining the
    differences array in the encoding dictionary to see what glyphs are
    there.

    Aandi Inston
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