Re: searchable PDF with MinionPro under mkiv

From: Oliver Heins <olli@sopos.org>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: searchable PDF with MinionPro under mkiv
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:29:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lj2jk69e.fsf@sopos.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D1B5E901-9517-42F0-BAF1-BC80E1F010F1@awi.de> (Florian Wobbe's message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:53:46 +0100")

Hi Florian,

Florian Wobbe <Florian.Wobbe@awi.de> writes:

> it works for me with the beta 2011.01.12 and 2011.01.14 and
> poppler-0.14.5/ poppler-0.16.0.
>
> However, it turns out that pdftotext converts to
>
> fi ﬀ ﬃ ﬄ 1234567890,
>
> splitting fi ligature while leaving ff, ffi and ffl intact, which is
> strange.
>
> I did not try with Adobe Reader but the pdf is searchable with Apple
> Preview and the pasted copy is still intact:
>
> fi ff ffi ffl 1234567890

For me, it still doesn't work.  I get oldstyle numbers in the text, and
neither in Adobe Reader nor in okular, evince or xpdf the numbers are
searchable.  However, I figured out that it is my version of the font
causing the wrong result.

$ otfinfo -i /usr/local/share/fonts/MinionPro_Regular.otf                                                 
Family:              Minion Pro
Subfamily:           Regular
Full name:           Minion Pro
PostScript name:     MinionPro-Regular
Version:             OTF 1.011;PS 001.000;Core 1.0.27;makeotf.lib1.3.1
Unique ID:           1.011;ADBE;MinionPro-Regular
Designer:            Robert Slimbach
Vendor URL:          http://www.adobe.com/type/
Trademark:           Minion is either a registered trademark or a
                     trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the
                     United States and/or other countries. 
Copyright:           © 2000 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights
                     Reserved. U.S. Patent Des. 337,604. Other patents
                     pending.
License URL:         http://www.adobe.com/type/legal.html

When using the MinionPro fonts shipped with Adobe reader, I get the same
results as you:

$ otfinfo -i /usr/local/share/fonts/MinionPro-Regular.otf 

Family:              Minion Pro
Subfamily:           Regular
Full name:           Minion Pro
PostScript name:     MinionPro-Regular
Version:             Version 2.068;PS 2.000;hotconv 1.0.57;
                     makeotf.lib2.0.21895
Unique ID:           2.068;ADBE;MinionPro-Regular
Designer:            Robert Slimbach
Manufacturer:        Adobe Systems Incorporated
Vendor URL:          http://www.adobe.com/type/
Trademark:           Minion is either a registered trademark or a
                     trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the
                     United States and/or other countries. 
Copyright:           © 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002,
                     2004 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. 
License URL:         http://www.adobe.com/type/legal.html

Has this to be consired a bug in the font?

Best regards,
 olli

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