Well, what do you know - that does the trick! Wrapping each <textPath> element in its own <text> gives me correct output. There may be stylesheet issues to be resolved later, but at least the text now appears!
Brilliant! Thanks! Martin 2008/11/17 Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm forwarding this to batik-users as this doesn't seem to be an issue > with code in FOP. Even when viewed in Squiggle, the attached file ends > up blank (1.7 and trunk). > > I noticed that I get the desired output if I wrap each textPath element > in its own text element. I'm not sure if this is a Batik problem or not. > > > Forwarded by Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----------------------- Original Message ----------------------- > From: Martin Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:34:48 +0000 > Subject: Re: SVG Text rendering > ---- > > > On 15 Nov 2008, at 08:16, Jeremias Maerki wrote: >> >>> obviously, the pdf doesn't respect the font spec in the style sheet. >>> Furthermore, its treatment of text on a path is no better than >>> before; >>> viz three textPaths are rendered, out of around 100. >> >> Ok, in that case we're at a point where I'll ask you to send me a test >> file that I can run. In my tests, text on a path was painted as text. >> But there are still situations (for example with filter operations) >> where this is not possible and Batik produces the text internally >> using >> bitmaps. If I can take a look at your test files, I can tell you >> exactly >> it doesn't work in any special case. > > > OK, here is the command I used... > > Martin:Batik martin$ java -jar batik-rasterizer.jar -m application/pdf > -d ~/Desktop/batik-test.pdf ~/Desktop/batik-test.svg > About to transcode 1 SVG file(s) > > Converting batik-test.svg to /Users/martin/Desktop/batik- > test.pdf ... ... success > Martin:Batik martin$ > > > > I attach the test file: a set of roads in London's West End. Viewing > this in Safari or Firefox gives you an idea of what I expect. The pdf > I get from batik shows a complete blank. > > I hope this helps - thanks for your time! > > Martin > > > --------------------- Original Message Ends -------------------- > > > Jeremias Maerki > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
