Bugs item #737, was opened at 2007-02-25 16:03 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=737&group_id=106 Category: Fonts Group: v1.40.1 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Assigned to: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Summary: Missing pfbs lead to invalid pdf Initial Comment: Try this file: ----------- \pdfmapline{} \nopagenumbers \font\ugqb ugqb8r at 10pt \ugqb foo \bye ----------- with ugqb8r.tfm in your texmf, but without the pfb. Here is the log from pdftex: ----------- This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.50.0-alpha-20070219 (Web2C 7.5.6) entering extended mode (./fonts20070225.tex [1]kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+0/1200 --dpi 1200 ugqb8r mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ugqb8r. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ) pdfTeX warning: pdftex (file ugqb8r): Font ugqb8r at 1200 not found Output written on fonts20070225.pdf (1 page, 1018 bytes). Transcript written on fonts20070225.log. ----------- So a pdf is written, but it's invalid:

pdffonts fonts20070225.pdf

name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- --------- Error: font resource is not a dictionary ----------- indeed the font object (#4) doesn't even exist. pdfTeX shall not generate invalid pdfs, so in this case it should abort. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2007-02-25 16:18

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