Re: [docbook-apps] Greek Symbol problems with fop 0.95

[DavePawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

Marcel Tromp wrote:
> I am including unicode 0x03b8 (theta) in my docbook xml. Fop seems 
> unable to render this anything else than '#'. I am only using base-14 
> fonts and theta should be included in its symbol font.
> 
> Any idea how to make this work?

Find out how to ask FOP to load that font into the PDF

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/trunk/fonts.html#Base-14+Fonts

Are you sure theta is 'included' in that font?

Every font contains a particular set of glyphs. If no glyph can be found 
for a given character, FOP will issue a warning and use the glpyh for 
"#" (if available) instead. Before it does that, it consults a 
(currently hard-coded) registry of glyph substitution groups (see 
Glyphs.java in Apache XML Graphics Commons). This registry can supply 
alternative glyphs in some cases (like using space when a no-break space 
is requested). But there's no guarantee that the result will be as 
expected (for example, in the case of hyphens and similar glyphs). A 
better way is to use a font that has all the necessary glyphs. This 
glyph substitution is only a last resort.


HTH


regards

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Dave Pawson
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