Yes, thank you, the information from lmpmbernardo seems to have done what I was looking for.
I had thought it was a general useage question, I was trying to find out how to substitute one font with the glyphs needed (such as a bullet) for one that doesn't have those. The other details came out as I was trying to better describe my question, I apologize if I did something wrong. Glenn Adams-2 wrote: > > beg pardon, but that's an operational problem on your end, not FOP; you > need to work with your FO content provider to fix it, not on this ML... > > of course, if you have a general usage question, please do pose it here > > i believe luis and chris have addressed your questions > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, froglander > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I would gladly do that if it were an option, but the file that has >> >> <fo:inline font-size="8pt" font-family="Symbol">•</fo:inline> >> >> is one that is given to me as is, not one I can modify. Is there a way >> to >> tell it to use a different font if it encounters font-family="Symbol"? >> >> I've tried going here >> http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/fonts.html#substitution >> http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/fonts.html#substitution but I >> can't >> seem to get it to /do/ anything. >> >> >> >> >> >> lmpmbernardo wrote: >> > >> > >> > Arial also has a bullet. Why not just use that since you already get >> the >> > Ohm symbol from Arial? >> > >> > On 4/16/12 9:56 PM, froglander wrote: >> >> Thank you very much for that information. >> >> >> >> Would there be a way (and I've tried using the substitutions but with >> no >> >> luck so I assume I am doing something wrong) to tell it to use a >> >> different >> >> font other than the operating system Symbol font? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> cbowditch wrote: >> >>> On 12/04/2012 14:00, froglander wrote: >> >>>> If I have<auto-detect /> in the userconfig.xml file this line >> >>>> >> >>>> <fo:inline font-size="8pt" font-family="Symbol">•</fo:inline> >> >>>> >> >>>> Ends up displaying as a # symbol in the resulting pdf file print. >> >>>> >> >>>> If I take<auto-detect /> out of the userconfig.xml file, then the >> >>>> above >> >>>> line works but the following line does not. >> >>> That's because there are 2 version of the font named Symbol; The Base >> 14 >> >>> font Symbol that is included with FOP by default. That is the version >> >>> used when<auto-detect/> is absent from the fop.xconf file and the >> >>> symbol.ttf file installed in the operating system. The bullet >> character >> >>> is not present in the Operating System version of Symbol or at least >> its >> >>> accessed via a different Unicode reference. >> >>> >> >>>> <fo:inline font-size="11pt" font-family="Arial, >> >>>> sans-serif">Ω</fo:inline> >> >>> Arial is not available as part of the Base 14 fonts, so you must >> >>> register it in the fop.xconf. Since<auto-detect/> adds every font >> >>> installed in the Operating System I suggest you manually add >> individual >> >>> fonts that you wish to use (such as Arial) using the element as >> >>> described in [1] >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> >> >>> Chris >> >>> >> >>> [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/fonts.html#register >> >>> >> >>>> Is any more information needed? I need this to be able to show >> >>>> bulleted >> >>>> lists as well as possible 'special' characters. >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks! >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> froglander wrote: >> >>>>> In this case it is using te symbol font for the bullets. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Rob Sargent-4 wrote: >> >>>>>> Not all fonts have bullets. Which are you using? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> rjs >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On 04/11/2012 02:34 PM, froglander wrote: >> >>>>>>> I am using FOP 1.0 and am having difficulty getting bullets and >> >>>>>>> symbols >> >>>>>>> to >> >>>>>>> display correctly. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I have found that if I take the<auto-detect /> the bullets for >> >>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>> bulleted >> >>>>>>> list (rich text format) will show, but them some other symbols >> (like >> >>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>> Ohm >> >>>>>>> symbol, etc) show as #. If I keep the<auto-detect /> in, the >> >>>>>>> bulleted >> >>>>>>> list >> >>>>>>> shows as # symbols, but the Ohm symbol, etc display correctly. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Is something missing for the fonts? >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Thanks! >> >>>>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>>>> 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] >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/Fonts-in-config-file-tp33671500p33701165.html >> Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Fonts-in-config-file-tp33671500p33702897.html Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
