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Alexander Dyuzhev commented on FOP-3306:
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[~jgoncalves] thank you for the updates.
> When it comes to the character, check the following XML in the FOP repo:
> leader_leader-pattern_use-content.xml
I've tried this:
{code:java}
<fo:leader leader-pattern="use-content">.</fo:leader>{code}
but the initial question arises - each dot marked as Artifact:
{code:java}
/Artifact BMC
BT
/F15 12 Tf
1 0 0 -1 73.433 39.33 Tm
[ (\000\017) ] TJ
ET
EMC
/Artifact BMC
BT
/F15 12 Tf
1 0 0 -1 75.893 39.33 Tm
[ (\000\017) ] TJ
ET
EMC
/Artifact BMC
BT
/F15 12 Tf
1 0 0 -1 78.353 39.33 Tm
[ (\000\017) ] TJ
ET
EMC
/Artifact BMC
BT
/F15 12 Tf
1 0 0 -1 80.813 39.33 Tm
[ (\000\017) ] TJ
ET
EMC
/Artifact BMC
BT
/F15 12 Tf
1 0 0 -1 83.273 39.33 Tm
[ (\000\017) ] TJ
ET
EMC
/Artifact BMC
BT
/F15 12 Tf
1 0 0 -1 85.733 39.33 Tm
[ (\000\017) ] TJ
ET
EMC {code}
> Multiple Artifacts for fo:leader dots in the accessible PDF
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: FOP-3306
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-3306
> Project: FOP
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Alexander Dyuzhev
> Assignee: Joao Goncalves
> Priority: Major
> Attachments: fop.xconf, image-2026-07-08-22-43-55-471.png, test.fo,
> test.pdf, test_2026-05-29.fo, test_2026-05-29.pdf
>
>
> I have a simple XSL-FO with \{{<fo:leader leader-pattern="dots"/>}}.
> In the generated PDF, each dot is individually marked as Artifact:
> {code:java}
> EMC
> /Link << /MCID 1 >> BDC
> BT
> /F1 12 Tf
> 1 0 0 -1 0 24.666 Tm
> [ (Introduction ) -115.6667 () ] TJ
> ET
> EMC
> /Artifact BMC
> BT
> /F1 12 Tf
> 1 0 0 -1 67.424 24.666 Tm
> [ (.) ] TJ
> ET
> EMC
> /Artifact BMC
> BT
> /F1 12 Tf
> 1 0 0 -1 70.76 24.666 Tm
> [ (.) ] TJ
> ET
> EMC
> /Artifact BMC
> BT
> /F1 12 Tf
> 1 0 0 -1 74.096 24.666 Tm
> [ (.) ] TJ
> ET
> EMC
> /Artifact BMC
> BT
> /F1 12 Tf
> 1 0 0 -1 77.432 24.666 Tm
> [ (.) ] TJ
> ET
> EMC
> /Artifact BMC
> ...{code}
> (I use PDFBox's PDFDebugger tool)
>
> How to mark the entire run of dots as a single artifact?
> {code:java}
> /Artifact BMC
> BT
> /F1 12 Tf
> 1 0 0 -1 410.67 24.666 Tm
> [ (..................) ] TJ
> ET
> EMC{code}
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