Fonts like that have a good chance of working with the latest FOP Trunk where the requirement for a Unicode CMap is relaxed. No guarantees, though. I've only tested the change with Symbol and Wingdings, but these barcode fonts are likely to be similar.
On 05.01.2010 09:58:41 Chris Bowditch wrote: > Magdikova wrote: > > I would like to generate metrics filebut I get the following > > error:Unsupported TrueType font: Unicode cmap table not present. Aborting > > > > what is the problem? > > FOP works with Unicode data and therefore requires True Type Fonts to > have a table that maps Unicode code points to the glyphs in the Font. > The barcode font you have provided does not have such a Unicode mapping > table, often referred to as a CMAP table. > > When I have run into this problem in the past I used a Font Editor to > add the Unicode mapping table for each glyph that I required access to. > No doubt your barcode font came with some help that indicates what > characters should be used to draw which bars. You have to use this > information when you create the Unicode mapping table in your font. > > Symbol.TTF is an example of another Font that doesn't have the Unicode > mapping table. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > <snip/> Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
