Hm – we seem to have a knack of misunderstanding each other, which is unfortunate. Your second answer was just what I needed, though; also, well documented – and clearer than the online Help :-} Thanks!
I now understand that what's left over comes not from XXE but from fonts: I can't find a TTF that includes a bold version of U+2C50, and the conversion for <uicontrol> appears to specify boldface. Not a problem, as I said: I can use Acrobat X to tweak the .pdf for the single page where I needed to include that particular glyph in a <uicontrol>. N minor observations - When you said *I really don't understand why the left arrow used in <menucascade> (→) is considered by FOP and XEP to be a 'tall character'*, and then went on to talk about U+2C50, I read this as 'what FOP does with U+2192 is just one of those things' – I've been working with computers for long enough to realise this is, sometimes, the only possible answer, so stopped worrying about it and went on to read what you'd said about U+2C50 as though it were a separate issue. - the FAQ topic on custom .pdf fonts uses the verb "substitute"; the Help topic on FOP Options uses the verb "replace", but the dialog-box* has the title *Choose a TTF font*. Since it's impossible to substitute or replace without specifying two things – replace A with B – seeing a dialog where I can specify one thing is pretty confusing! What the dialog is actually for is *adding* a TTF font. - I ought to have mentioned which version of XXE I was using, as then you could have told me to update to a version that *does* let me drag font names … * not that you need to know this, but program (in computing) and dialog-box are two cases where UK English consistently uses US spelling :-} On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Hussein Shafie <[email protected]> wrote: > I've already answered your questions. In a nutshell, my answers were: > > Step 1) You want "Letter Gothic Standard" instead of "Symbol" for the > menucascade separator, then use our XSL customizer to add attribute > font-family="Letter Gothic Standard" to attribute-set > "menucascade-separator". > > Once you have done this, please generate a .docx file and open it in > MS-Word. You'll see by yourself that the font of the menucascade separator > is "Letter Gothic Standard" (assuming that you actually have this font on > your computer). > > Now step 1) is not sufficient for the PDF output, as the PDF format does > not support font "Letter Gothic Standard". For the PDF output, you need to > instruct FOP to embed parts or all of font "Letter Gothic Standard" in the > PDF file. > > For the PDF output, you must additionally perform step 2). > > Step 2) Select Options|Preferences. Select Add-on|FOP. Drop the .ttf or > .ttc file containing "Letter Gothic Standard" (NOT the whole > C:\Windows\Fonts\ directory) to the list. Click OK and restart XXE. > > Yes, that's it. From now, FOP knows what is font "Letter Gothic Standard". > > I did that (using font "Impact" because I have no "Letter Gothic Standard" > font on my computer). It took me just 5 minutes to create all the files > attached to this email. It worked flawlessly. > > > > References: > > * The "Customize Document Conversion Stylesheets" dialog box -- > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/ > com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.ConversionStylesheetsEditor.html > > * Apache FOP options -- http://www.xmlmind.com/ > xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/addonOptions.html#fopOptions > > > > Attachments: > > * Sample document: Test.dita. > > * .xsl file containing customized attribute-set "menucascade-separator" > (created using XMLmind XSL Customizer, not by hand): fo_custom.xsl. > > * After specifying fo_custom.xsl for the "RTF, WML and .docx" output > formats, generated: Test.docx (the font of the separator is indeed seen as > Impact by MS-Word). > > * After specifying fo_custom.xsl for the "PDF and PostScript" output > formats, generated incorrect Test_before_2.pdf. > > * After dropping C:\Windows\Fonts\impact.ttf onto FOP preferences sheet > and restarting XXE, generated correct Test.pdf (Looks OK and Acrobat Reader > says that font "Impact" is embedded in the file). > > > > > > On 04/17/2014 02:15 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: > >> Since I'm lucky enough to have Acrobat X, I can just open the .pdf >> output and touch up the font property of the problem character. Takes >> the urgency off the question, but I would still like to know how to >> achieve the required result by making more informed use of XXE … and for >> the time being, I'm still very confused :-{ >> >> >> *what I've seen happen* >> >> >> the default .pdf conversion does not render a glyph I select from the >> XXE symbols pallette correctly, even though it is displayed on screen >> >> >> *what you've explained* >> >> >> this is what we can expect, because by default the .pdf conversion uses >> the Symbol font that does not contain this glyph >> >> >> *what I need to do* >> >> >> I imagine, from your explanation and from other experiments, this is a >> two-step procedure: >> >> 1. include a font (for example, Letter Gothic Standard) in the "embed >> >> fonts" list in the FOP options >> 2. edit the attribute set in the custom XSLT stylesheet to make .pdf >> >> conversion use this font – for example, <uicontrol >> font-family="Letter Gothic Standard"> >> >> *what the FAQ say* >> >> *A:* By default, PDF uses its 14 built-in fonts: Times, Helvetica, >> >> Courier, Symbol and ZapfDingbats. These fonts have glyphs only for the >> western (AKA Latin1) languages. Therefore you need to substitute to >> these built-in fonts truly multilingual fonts [...] This can be done >> from within XMLmind XML Editor. More information in XMLmind XML Editor - >> Online Help, Apache FOP options and RenderX XEP options >> >> >> The link to Apache FOP options takes me to /6.13. Add-on options > >> >> 6.13.1. Apache FOP options > Procedure 9.2. How to choose specific fonts >> (for example, you want to replace Times fonts by Georgia fonts)/ >> >> >> >> I have read, re-read and experimented – complete lack of success :-{ >> >> * the procedure says nothing about /replacing /or /substituting/ – it >> >> just talks about adding a TTF font to the list >> * the list looks as though it's related to the 14 standard PS fonts … >> >> but does not include Symbol or ZapfDingbats >> * alerted by the warning about Windows, I've tried drag and drop from >> >> C:\windows\fonts to the list … no luck on this Windows 7 PC; I've >> also tried typing in the path and filename, and that doesn't work >> either >> >> Following your advice to read the help topics on >> editConversionStylesheetsAction and xslcustom.Customizer has improved my >> general understanding, but I'm no nearer being able to carry out the one >> piece of customisation I'm aiming for: telling FOP to use Letter Gothic >> Standard instead of Symbol when rendering a UIcontrol element. >> >> >> Any chance you can come up with a new way of guiding my idiot footsteps >> through this task? unfortunately, I'm not managing to interpret either >> the interface or the helps in a way that solves my problem. As I said, >> it is less urgent now I've worked out how to adjust the final .pdf myself. >> >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> >> Niels Grundtvig Nielsen >> >> Technical Communicator >> >> /you know what you're talking about – I can help you say it/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> XMLmind XML Editor Support List >> [email protected] >> http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support >> >> >
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