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
--
Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk
