On 23.09.2004 20:58:08 Mike J Boyersmith wrote: > >On 23.09.2004 20:24:22 Mike J Boyersmith wrote: > >> Problem: generated PDF file shows '#' characters instead of Chinese > >> characters. > > > >As you probably found out yourself, this here applies: > >http://xml.apache.org/fop/faq.html#pdf-characters > > yup saw that, I found the FOP examples to... but not One of them shows how > to do a > end to end walk through of dealing with language/i18n type issues :(. That > would be a > great addition to the examples collection.
You could write that for us when you've got it working. It's the cool thing about Open Source: Everybody can help. :-) > ><snip/> > >> This all works great BUT!!!!!! The problem is that on Chinese if I have > > >> text that has Chinese characters they are replaced with '#' characters, > > >> and I can figure no way around this…. > >> > >> So. Digging around I see that I need to embed fonts, but > >> How do I do this programmatically? > > >>Create the font metrics XML for your TrueType fonts as described here: > >>http://xml.apache.org/fop/fonts.html > > >>Then use the userconfig.xml as described here: > >>http://xml.apache.org/fop/embedding.html#config-external > > >>It's probably best to try on the command-line first and then port the > >>whole thing into Java > > >>How do I do this so it works on Windows and Linux? > > >>Don't worry about that. It works the same way on both platforms. That's > >>because FOP uses its own font subsystem for PDF and PS output. > > Would be nice if I could just specify font-family, and it would all work, > but > guess I'm dreaming. will try walking through the problem from the command > line as you suggested. No dreaming, that's the plan. It just didn't happen, yet. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
