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Matthias Reischenbacher commented on FOP-2539:
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I had a quick look at this a while ago. Support for Symbol (or other
Symbol-Windows fonts like Wingdings etc.) was originally added by Jeremias in
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=891181
Glenn then remove it in
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328579
See also:
https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50492#c7
The code fragment, Glenn had commented, was then re-introduced by:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1514076 (see OpenFont.java)
see also:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2252
But the code fragment is in the wrong place, at least for making it work again
for Symbol/Wingdings.
If I remember correctly the characters of the Symbol/Wingdings font can be
accessed via the code points in the private use area. So instead of using "a"
you need to use &#c61537; etc. A lot of Windows applications (like MS Word)
remap the characters in the normal Unicode range to the correct code point in
the private use area. For example in MS Word you can type "abc.." and after
choosing font "Wingdings" the characters are automatically changed.
I think Glenn is probably right to remove this automatic remapping because it
should be done on an application level explicitly for specific fonts, but
shouldn't be done in FOP. Or at least not globally for all fonts. Perhaps we
could add a config option in the font element that controls this behavior.
> Apache PDF issue with Symbol.ttf
> --------------------------------
>
> Key: FOP-2539
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2539
> Project: FOP
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.0
> Environment: Windox, unix
> Reporter: Sushmitha
>
> I have Symbol.ttf, configured the same in config file. Symbol font is not
> applying properly.
> Please find the below details
> FOP version - 1.0
> OS - Unix, Windows
> XSL-FO desc:
> <fo:block font-family="Symbol">
> Abcdefgh α β γ
> </fo:block>
> Result - the charcters are not displaying properly and they are not human
> readable format
> fop.xconf:-
> <renderers>
> <renderer mime="application/pdf">
> <fonts>
> <font metrics-url="Symbol.xml" embed-url="Symbol.ttf">
> <font-triplet name="Symbol" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> </font>
> </fonts>
> </renderer>
> <renderers>
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