Josh, What you have not said yet is whether you actually have (on your system) a font with the desired weight or not. Specifically, do you actually have installed multiple font instances with the distinct weights you wish to reference? If you do not, then it doesn't do much good to discuss referring to them.
On the other hand, if you do have distinct faces with weights 300, 500, 600, 800, 900, etc., installed, then it is merely a matter of ensuring that the reference in your FO file correctly maps to the associated font instance. That can be handled in different ways. So please answer whether you do have the fonts installed in the first place with these weights. G. On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Marquart, Joshua D < [email protected]> wrote: > “FOP does not synthesize fonts with different weights. You need to supply > the fonts with the weights you specify in FO content.” > > > > I understand Fop doesn’t synthesize the weights. I understand that it has > two specific built-in weights (700 and 400) that are being used to replace > other weights per the following: > > > > When I set-up using a Java2DRenderer and specify the following FO content > snippets: > > > > <fo:table-cell font-size="10pt" font-family="Helvetica"><fo:block > line-height="13pt"> > > <fo:block white-space-collapse="true"> > > <fo:inline font-weight="900">900 Weight </fo:inline> > > … > > <fo:inline font-weight="800">800 Weight </fo:inline> > > … > > <fo:inline font-weight="700">700 Weight </fo:inline> > > … > > <fo:inline font-weight="600">600 Weight </fo:inline> > > … > > <fo:inline font-weight="500">500 Weight </fo:inline> > > … > > <fo:inline font-weight="400">400 Weight </fo:inline> > > … > > <fo:inline font-weight="300">300 Weight </fo:inline> > > </fo:block></fo:block></fo:table-cell> > > … > > > > the logger gives me the following information: > > > > WARNING: Font "Helvetica,normal,900" not found. Substituting with > "Helvetica,normal,700". > > WARNING: Font "Helvetica,normal,800" not found. Substituting with > "Helvetica,normal,700". > > WARNING: Font "Helvetica,normal,600" not found. Substituting with > "Helvetica,normal,700". > > WARNING: Font "Helvetica,normal,500" not found. Substituting with > "Helvetica,normal,400". > > WARNING: Font "Helvetica,normal,300" not found. Substituting with > "Helvetica,normal,400". > > > > So I would need to supply very specific replacement fonts for > Helvetica,normal,900 ( and 800-300, not counting 400)? > > (Same as above when replacing Helvetica with Arial). > > > > I DO understand the following: > > > > 1- that per the current specs, item 7.9.9 for font-weight has a “TODO > <relative> font weights” message. > > 2 - that per the current build, the font classes generated from > Helvetica.xml and HelveticaBold.xml are used for 400 and 700 respectively > > 3 - that per the fuzzy replacement, 700 is used for 900-600 and 400 is used > for 500-100(probably). > > > > So my questions still stand > > 1 - is there a simpler way to use / access / apply a darker 500 or 600 > weight Helvetica and if so, what’s the best process to handle it given the > codebase? > > 2 - should I instead render a “Helvetica500.xml” and generate the > appropriate font class; obviously since that’s not yet been done with the > existing fop codebase, it is probably a lot more work than needed. > > 3 - Any other option I should pursue? > > > > If there is a process started to handle item 7.9.9, I would be happy to > pitch in and help, I am just not certain where to start. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Josh > > > > > > *From:* Glenn Adams [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 08, 2011 6:40 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Marquart, Joshua D > *Subject:* Re: Font Weight > > > > FOP does not synthesize fonts with different weights. You need to supply > the fonts with the weights you specify in FO content. > > > > Regards, > > Glenn > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Marquart, Joshua D < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I have a question about Font Weight. > > > > We’re using Helvetica and using FOP to take the FO file and generate it as > both (1) a PostScript file and (2) a TIFF file. > > > > Additionally, we are able to use third-party software to take the > PostScript file and convert it directly to a second TIFF file (for > comparison reasons). > > > > Of course, the fonts on the TIFF from FOP are a little pixilated and the > “normal” font could stand to be rendered a bit darker. > > > > I am using Helvetica and tried to set the font-weight to 500 or 600, but it > gets replaced with weight 400, which is apparently the “normal” Helvetica > font registered in the system. > > Font-weight Bold and values of 800 and 900 use the “bold” Helvetica which > is weight 700. > > > > Is there an easy way to use / access a darker 500 or 600 weight Helvetica, > or possibly render the or am I really sunk here? > > > > I’ve already extended the Java2DRenderer, for my own purposes. > > > > The following Graphics2D rendering hints don’t seem to do much when > included: > > > > graphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, > RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON); > > graphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, > RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); > > graphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, > RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON); > > graphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, > RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY); > > graphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_STROKE_CONTROL, > RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_PURE); > > > > Suggestions would be very helpful. > > > > Much thanks, > > > > Josh** > > * in error, please notify First Data immediately by replying to this > message and deleting it from your computer. * > > > > ------------------------------ > > * The information in this message may be proprietary and/or confidential, > and protected from disclosure. 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