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vg/vgpdf: switch to a backend that supports font embedding

we should (probably) consider switching away from bitbucket.org/zombiezen/gopdf/pdf that isn't maintained much.

and probably switch to github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf.

4 reasons:

  • it is maintained
  • it is stable
  • it is on github (so we don't require a mercurial client)
  • it supports fonts embedding

the last one is a rather nice feature and allows for better PDF compatibility (w/o relying on fonts metrics being the exact same than the Courier, Helvetica and Times ones.)