[Virtualacorn-list] PDF partial failure

[Bob Ardler]

Jim Nagel wrote:
> Bob Ardler via Virtualacorn-list wrote on 1 Apr:
>> ... downloaded a port of PDFtest ... Big improvement ...
>
> And don't forget that the menu of PDFtest includes "Display > Bitmap"
> (keyboard shortcut ^B). That option is a valuable fall-back when the
> PDF document depends on fonts other than the standard Trinity,
> Homerton and Courier -- music fonts are a prime case. Or if you see
> an apparently blank document, try ^B and you might be surprised.
> It's needed seldom enough that some users forget about the bitmap
> option.

Neither neither Display > Bitmap nor ^B are available here until the
pdf opens, with no menu accessible while the hourglass runs on & on.

Had assumed that Windows (and other) pdf readers bitmapped
automatically since "portable doc format" seemed to imply that
-- and the 1000s of pdfs converted here from files using a font
existing only on this computer have brought no complaints from
the Windows-users receiving them.

Shall nevertheless apply Jim's advice if a blank page does appear.
-- 
Bob