Re: [docbook-apps] Publishing Character Entities (%isopub;) in PDF from DocBook XML

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi Don,
You will need a font that has those characters.  Check the FOP font
configuration doc to see what you can use (I think just Type 1 or TrueType
fonts) and how to set it up:

http://xml.apache.org/fop/fonts.html

You'll want to configure FOP to embed the font in the PDF (FOP can't embed
fonts in Postscript).  This assumes the font is licensed for embedding.

If you want to experiment, there is an Arial Unicode MS TrueType font
available for download from the Microsoft site.  You'll have to check its
licensing terms.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Adams" <dga@sgi.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Publishing Character Entities (%isopub;) in PDF from
DocBook XML


>
> Hello,
>
> I have a process to go from DocBook XML to FOP to PDF
> which works great; however, I want to use the following
> Unicode or %isopub; symbols in my XML:
>
> Music sharp: &#266F; or &sharp;
> Music flat: &#266D; or &flat;
> Music natural: &#266E; or &natur;
>
> In the output PDF, all three of these characters appear
> as a normal pound symbol (#).
>
> Is it possible to fix this?  If yes, does it
> require a special font that may not be on an
> end user's system?
>
> Thanks,
> Don Adams
>
>
>
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