[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#663192: Bug#663192: cups-filters: Please add support for embedding of Opentype fonts

[Tobias Hoffmann]

Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Patches are welcome.
>
> Can OpenType be embedded in a PDF? Or would we need to convert such a 
> font?
We can and do embed SFNT-flavoured OTFs. I don't have the code ready to 
subset CFF-flavoured OTFs (but did some initial work some time ago [not 
under version control]). I will look into how we can at least provide 
full embedding for CFF. As I need metrics information from the font for 
texttopdf, this does require me to read at least some of the CFF 
formatted data -- which will need some work/time.
My plan definitely is to support CFF eventually, as stated in the README 
of my so-called "libfontembed".
Are there any time constraints, like ASAP? Or could this wait a few weeks?

  Tobias