Hi Sascha, I've yet provided a pure xslt solution to handle special characters. You can find it here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-user&m=111038776332200&w=2
Pascal > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On 17.02.2006 15:54:29 Sascha Punzmann wrote: > > ok I searched a bit in the mailing list, but couldn't find > the right > > thing. > > The following may help you: > http://www.nabble.com/RE%3A-when-apache-FOP-will-full-support- > font-family-lists-and-font-selection-strategy--t809908.html#a2103632 > > > Isn't it possible to copy this specail character from the > > "ZapfDingbats" font directly into the font-metric I'm using > (I'm using > > a custom one already)? If so, how can I do this? > > No, that doesn't work. This is only about the font metrics. > It doesn't mean that the missing character is suddenly and > magically available in the font. The actual glyph will still > be missing. > > > Maybe there exists a > > documentation about the whole concept behind the font? > > Sure: http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/font/index.html > But I guess you will not want to go in the business of > patching fonts, although there are tools out there that could > help you. But then, licensing problems may crop up and things > like that. It would be better to help us implement the full > extent of the font-family and font-selection-strategy properties. > > > > > [email protected] schrieb am 17.02.06 15:23:59: > > > > > > XSL-FO allows you to specify a list of font names in the > font-family > > > property but this is not supported by FOP, yet (FOP uses > the first > > > font in the list it supports regardless of the characters > to be rendered). > > > You'll have to find a TrueType font that contains all the > > > characters. In that case you're back to creating a XML > font metrics > > > file using the TTFReader. You may also want to look > through the mailing list archives. > > > I think I remember certain suggestions for alternative > work-arounds. > > > > > > On 17.02.2006 15:13:21 Sascha Punzmann wrote: > > > > Yes a lot easier than I thought! But with this I > encountered another problem! > > > > > > > > my XML looks like this: <para>☐ Test text</para> > > > > > > > > if I apply the font-family="ZapfDingbats" then all the > para text > > > > is displayed in this font-family. It it possible to set up an > > > > optional font-display it the character isn't available in the > > > > primary font-family? > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] schrieb am 17.02.06 15:01:15: > > > > > > > > > > ZapfDingbats is one of the base 14 fonts which are > available in > > > > > FOP without doing anything special (at least when you > render to PDF and PS). > > > > > So, provided that the Unicode value is correct (I haven't > > > > > checked), you can simply specify > font-family="ZapfDingbats" and > > > > > your checkbox should be shown. So, you see it's a lot simpler > > > > > than you thought. :-) > > > > > > > > > > On 17.02.2006 14:44:24 Sascha Punzmann wrote: > > > > > > I know it is an topic that has been discussed several times > > > > > > here, but I really canot find the solution for me! > If I want > > > > > > to add a unicode character for a checkbox "☐ --> > > > > > > ☐" The PDF only contains a "#". So far I > understand that > > > > > > I need to convert this symbol somehow into an XML > Font Metric to use it in the PDF Creation. But I don't know how. > > > > > > I tried to convert "ZapfDingbats" to such a XML > file, but it > > > > > > failed due to a missing Unicode cmap table. So my > question is, > > > > > > how do I get this symbol into my PDF? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
