Re: [docbook-apps] U+211D (a unicode character) doesn't show up in the output PDF

["Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>]

That bites. Thanks for tracking it down.

I guess I will try to find a way to make XEP find my Mathematica fonts
(assuming Mathematica isn't using Arial Unicode MS for the double
struck R) and embed them.

Off hand, do you know of any good font browsing/searching programs?

Background (in case you want to know):

I need to use the post script output because Mathematica (the program
with which I generate my graphics) can only embed the fonts in those
graphics if the output format is eps and XEP can only import eps if it
is outputting post script.

So, if I switch to making Mathematica export PDF graphics, then I have
to make XEP find Mathematica's fonts and embed them - which should
simultaneously solve the problem with the capitol double struck R.

On 11/11/06, Mauritz Jeanson <mj@johanneberg.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Chiasson
> >
> > From what I understand, even if the character isn't in the default
> > font, then the xsl-fo processor should find an appropriate substitute
> > font and use that. I know my system does have (at least two) fonts
> > that support this character, so what might be going wrong?
>
>
> Have you added the fonts to the configuration in xep.xml? Have you checked
> that they are specified in the font-family property in the FO file?
>
>
> > The missing character, &#8477; ,  is the double struck capital R, for
> > representing all real numbers.
>
> > no special options to XEP except that it is using the mode that
> > outputs eps instead of pdf
>
>
> Does it work with PDF output?
>
> I use XEP 4.7 on Windows. I don't know if this helps you, but I did a little
> testing:
>
> 1) When generating PDF, the 'double struck capital R' looks fine, using the
> Arial Unicode MS font (TrueType).
>
> 2) When generating PostScript from the same FO file as in 1), I get this
> error:
>
> xep.bat -quiet -fo chars.fo -ps
> [error] Broken font file 'file:/C:/Windows/Fonts/arialuni.ttf'.
> [error] java.io.IOException: Font ArialUnicodeMS is unsupported, please
> report to manufacturer.
>
>
> Here is a snippet from the XEP reference manual regarding TrueType fonts:
>
> "These fonts are supported by PDF generator module only. PostScript
> generator can only use Type 1 and OpenType/CFF fonts (except for CID ones);"
>
>
> So it seems that you can't use TrueType fonts with PostScript output.
>
> /MJ
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