Re: Font characters showing up as pound signs
On 12/8/03 8:09 AM, Benji Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Background: We are trying to get an e with a line over it to show up in a PDF document which is being generated from an XML files with fop. The character ends up ad a pound sign in the PDF, though from the same XML file, the character is displayed correctly in HTML on the website. Oddly enough, I can not get that character to show up in my mail program (Eudora) either to show you the character we are trying to reproduce. I have done some reading, and it sounded as if I needed to embed the font in the PDF. I *think* I have done this correct (no errors were produced), but have not been able to overcome the problem. Question: How do I get this character to show up in the PDF? Have you verified that this font contains the glyph you want, and are you using the correct decimal code for the glyph? (This may seem obvious, but) Are you specifying the font in the stylesheet? Typically, a # in the output indicates there was no glyph in the font for this character code. cheers, John - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Font characters showing up as pound signs
John/Chris I am not sure I am using the correct decimal code for the glyph. The one I think I want is x0113 (an e with a straight line over it going horizontal). However based on what Chris gave me, that is the right one. How do I tell if the font contains the glyph I need? (the font came from windows and I see the character in windows. the font.xml file came from that windows font). For the arial.xml file, I see that it says last-char is 255. The HTML character representation for what I need is #275; That could be the problem? Thanks Benji At 10:09 AM 12/8/2003, you wrote: Background: We are trying to get an e with a line over it to show up in a PDF document which is being generated from an XML files with fop. The character ends up ad a pound sign in the PDF, though from the same XML file, the character is displayed correctly in HTML on the website. Oddly enough, I can not get that character to show up in my mail program (Eudora) either to show you the character we are trying to reproduce. I have done some reading, and it sounded as if I needed to embed the font in the PDF. I *think* I have done this correct (no errors were produced), but have not been able to overcome the problem. Question: How do I get this character to show up in the PDF? Other Information: -) The font I generated the metrics file from came from a Windows 200 Pro workstation (Arial) -) Config snippet file used to generate the PDF (ben.xml) font metrics-file=/usr/local/fop/fonts/arial.xml kerning=yes embed-file=/usr/local/fop/fonts/arial.ttf font-triplet name=Arial style=normal weight=normal/ /font -) command line used to generate the PDF: /usr/local/fop/fop -c /tmp/ben.xml -xml /web/coursedev/XMLTMP/BI0500_l01.xml -xsl /web/coursedev/foStyles/lessonfo.xslt -pdf /web/coursedev/PDFTMP/BI0500_l01.pdf -) FOP version: 0.20.5 -) other info needed? thanks benji --- Ben Spencer Web Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] x 2288 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Ben Spencer Web Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] x 2288 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Font characters showing up as pound signs
Andeas I read about the problems with fonts so I did encode things as WinAnsi. The statement As shown in the above table, regardless of whether the font is embedded or not, text generated from a CID-keyed font metrics file will never be encoded properly led me to believe that *is* the right thing to do. Is WinAnsi bad? Yes, I did use -enc ansi option when I generated the metrics file. John also asked earlier about specifying the font in the stylesheet. Yes, I believe I am doing that... xsl:template match=transliteration fo:inline font-family=Arial color=red xsl:apply-templates/ /fo:inline /xsl:template Probably created the metrics with WinAnsi encoding instead of CID-keyed. (check: http://xml.apache.org/fop/fonts.html#truetype-metrics) Did you, by any chance, use the '-enc' option on the command-line when generating the TTF metrics? --- Ben Spencer Web Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] x 2288 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Font characters showing up as pound signs
-Original Message- From: Benji Spencer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I read about the problems with fonts so I did encode things as WinAnsi. The statement As shown in the above table, regardless of whether the font is embedded or not, text generated from a CID-keyed font metrics file will never be encoded properly led me to believe that *is* the right thing to do. Is WinAnsi bad? Yes, I did use -enc ansi option when I generated the metrics file. Aha! It's not a _bad_ thing, so to speak... Both options have their advantages. If you use -enc ansi, then you get only a base character set (check the table: first line - Usable charset), but the text will remain searchable. The other option (not specifying -enc) gives you a full character-set, but renders the pdf 'unsearchable' ( cp won't work either ). Cheers, Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Font characters showing up as pound signs
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 14:16, Benji Spencer wrote: For the arial.xml file, I see that it says last-char is 255. The HTML character representation for what I need is #275; That could be the problem? Make sure that you work with MS Arial Unicode and not just Arial. Unicode version of Arial contains glyphs beyond 255. Hope this helps, Rodolfo -- Rodolfo M. Raya [EMAIL PROTECTED] Heartsome Holdings Pte.Ltd. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Font characters showing up as pound signs
Andrea (and all) Thanks for your help. Regenerating the metrics solved the problem. While some functionality is missing by using CID-keyed, at least the characters are displayed :) Thanks for your help on this issue (and explaining the documentation a little). Benji Aha! It's not a _bad_ thing, so to speak... Both options have their advantages. If you use -enc ansi, then you get only a base character set (check the table: first line - Usable charset), but the text will remain searchable. The other option (not specifying -enc) gives you a full character-set, but renders the pdf 'unsearchable' ( cp won't work either ). Cheers, Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Ben Spencer Web Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] x 2288 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Font characters showing up as pound signs
-Original Message- From: Benji Spencer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrea (and all) ^ s ;) Cheers, Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
