Jeff Hooker wrote: > Hmmm. Ok, read the FAQ, but it's not really the situation that I'm in. For > that > matter, we don't using XMLmind for publishing. > > For example, the XMLmind character sheet labeled: 0x2200 (Mathematical > Operators) -- where is this being drawn from? I'm reading up on unicode and > the > distinctions between characters, glyphs, and font sets, but I'm still a > little > at sea in terms of what kind of data XMLmind is embedding; the glyphs are > clearly visible in the XML file when I open it in Oxygen, so XMLmind is > indeed > embedding them;
XMLmind XML Editor creates XML files containing *characters*. There is no concept of ``embedding'' whatsoever. There is no real difference between character 'a' and character 0x2200. The XML file just contain inline character 'a' and inline character 0x2200 (if, unlike UTF-8 or UTF-16, the chosen encoding does not support character 0x2200, then this character is saved as ∀). it's XEP that is failing to recognize them, I assume because > I've not yet given it the tools to do so. > XEP fully recognizes characters such as character 0x2200. The problem comes from the 14 standard PDF fonts which have no glyphs for such characters. Therefore you need to tell XEP to use fonts other that 14 standard PDF fonts (e.g. Arial, DejaVu). That's it! XMLmind XML Editor allows you do that *very* *easily* for XEP or for FOP. If you don't use XMLmind XML Editor to publish your documents, then you'll have to configure XEP manually. > I expect that I'm going to end up writing an extremely long configuration > file > for XEP that defines the unicode value for every single character that I need > to > use, but understanding what kind of data I'm veiwing when I'm looking at the > XMLmind character tool and how it's embedding it would be helpful. The XMLmind character tool is just a kind of virtual keyboard. It does nothing special. It just inserts in the XML the character clicked upon. >> On 07/20/2010 12:59 AM, Jeff Hooker wrote: >>> Do you guys have any guidance on how to make the characters available in >> your >> >>> character tool play nicely with XEP? What kind of encoding is being used >>> to > > > > >>> embed the character information? When generating PDFs, the current >> experience is >> >>> very hit and miss. >>> >> This FAQ also applies to the case you describe: >> >> When I convert documents written in Russian (or Polish or Czech or any >> non-western language) to PDF, almost all characters are replaced by the >> "#" character. Is there a workaround for this problem? >> >> See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/faq.html#custom_pdf_fonts >> -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
