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Antoine.DE-TROOSTEMBERGH

UTF-8 characters in PDF

Hi,

I use the oxf:xslfo-serializer to generate PDFs.
Unfortunately the text I enter contain Cyrillic, chinese, ... Charachters.
These characters are represented as # in the PDF.

Is there a way to make those characters appear?
I searched through the FOP documentation but I don't know how to implement this in the XPL.

Thanks,

Antoine

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Erik Bruchez

Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

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Antoine,

It's been a while since we have looked at oxf:xslfo-serializer. The
processor is extremely simple, see:

http://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/blob/master/src/java/org/orbeon/oxf/processor/serializer/legacy/XSLFOSerializer.java

The XML input is XML so should support unicode. So I wonder why it
doesn't work for you. Maybe you can try a newer version of FOP, and/or
try to dig into the FOP documentation or support.

-Erik

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM,
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I use the oxf:xslfo-serializer to generate PDFs.
> Unfortunately the text I enter contain Cyrillic, chinese, ... Charachters.
> These characters are represented as # in the PDF.
>
> Is there a way to make those characters appear?
> I searched through the FOP documentation but I don't know how to implement
> this in the XPL.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antoine
>
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Antoine.DE-TROOSTEMBERGH

RE: Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

Hi Erik,

This processor is indeed very simple.
I've seen some pages on the internet with indications on how to create PDF with UTF-8 characters.
http://www.javaranch.com/journal/200409/CreatingMultipleLanguagePDFusingApacheFOP.html

The problem is that the default fonts used in FOP (eg. Helvetica) does not seem to be a trueType character.
Since I'm not realy a FOP specialist I'm not sure how to make the processor use an alternate font.

If anyone has any idea ...

Thanks,

Antoine

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:32 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [ops-users] Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

Antoine,

It's been a while since we have looked at oxf:xslfo-serializer. The
processor is extremely simple, see:

http://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/blob/master/src/java/org/orbeon/oxf/processor/serializer/legacy/XSLFOSerializer.java

The XML input is XML so should support unicode. So I wonder why it
doesn't work for you. Maybe you can try a newer version of FOP, and/or
try to dig into the FOP documentation or support.

-Erik

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM,
<[hidden email]> wrote:

Antoine.DE-TROOSTEMBERGH

RE: RE: Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

I found a solution to my UTF8 character problem:
I had to modify the existing XSLFOSerialiser as follows (I actually copied the processor and modified it):

// Setup FOP to output PDF
FopFactory fopFactory = FopFactory.newInstance();
FOUserAgent foUserAgent = fopFactory.newFOUserAgent();

URL configFileUrl = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("fop-userconfig.xml");
if (configFileUrl == null) {
logger
.error("FOP config file not found, please put the fop-userconfig.xml file into the classpath of the server, UTF-8 characters won't be displayed correctly");
} else {
File userConfigXml = new File(configFileUrl.getFile());
fopFactory.setUserConfig(userConfigXml);
}

Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_PDF, foUserAgent, outputStream);

// Send data to FOP
readInputAsSAX(context, INPUT_DATA, fop.getDefaultHandler());

The fop-userconfig.xml file contains the definition of your Unicode Font.
To generate this userconfig.xml file proceed as described here: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2005/jw-0328-xmlprinting.html?page=3

Hope this is usefull for someone,

Antoine

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From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:56 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [ops-users] RE: Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

Hi Erik,

This processor is indeed very simple.
I've seen some pages on the internet with indications on how to create PDF with UTF-8 characters.
http://www.javaranch.com/journal/200409/CreatingMultipleLanguagePDFusingApacheFOP.html

The problem is that the default fonts used in FOP (eg. Helvetica) does not seem to be a trueType character.
Since I'm not realy a FOP specialist I'm not sure how to make the processor use an alternate font.

If anyone has any idea ...

Thanks,

Antoine

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:32 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [ops-users] Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

Antoine,

It's been a while since we have looked at oxf:xslfo-serializer. The
processor is extremely simple, see:

http://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/blob/master/src/java/org/orbeon/oxf/processor/serializer/legacy/XSLFOSerializer.java

The XML input is XML so should support unicode. So I wonder why it
doesn't work for you. Maybe you can try a newer version of FOP, and/or
try to dig into the FOP documentation or support.

-Erik

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM,
<[hidden email]> wrote:

Erik Bruchez-3

Re: RE: RE: Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

Antoine, thanks for this patch!

-Erik

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:35 AM,
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> I found a solution to my UTF8 character problem:
> I had to modify the existing XSLFOSerialiser as follows (I actually copied the processor and modified it):
>
>
> // Setup FOP to output PDF
> FopFactory fopFactory = FopFactory.newInstance();
> FOUserAgent foUserAgent = fopFactory.newFOUserAgent();
>
> URL configFileUrl = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("fop-userconfig.xml");
> if (configFileUrl == null) {
> logger
> .error("FOP config file not found, please put the fop-userconfig.xml file into the classpath of the server, UTF-8 characters won't be displayed correctly");
> } else {
> File userConfigXml = new File(configFileUrl.getFile());
> fopFactory.setUserConfig(userConfigXml);
> }
>
> Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_PDF, foUserAgent, outputStream);
>
> // Send data to FOP
> readInputAsSAX(context, INPUT_DATA, fop.getDefaultHandler());
>
>
> The fop-userconfig.xml file contains the definition of your Unicode Font.
> To generate this userconfig.xml file proceed as described here: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2005/jw-0328-xmlprinting.html?page=3
>
> Hope this is usefull for someone,
>
> Antoine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:56 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [ops-users] RE: Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF
>
> Hi Erik,
>
> This processor is indeed very simple.
> I've seen some pages on the internet with indications on how to create PDF with UTF-8 characters.
> http://www.javaranch.com/journal/200409/CreatingMultipleLanguagePDFusingApacheFOP.html
>
> The problem is that the default fonts used in FOP (eg. Helvetica) does not seem to be a trueType character.
> Since I'm not realy a FOP specialist I'm not sure how to make the processor use an alternate font.
>
> If anyone has any idea ...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antoine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:32 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [ops-users] Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF
>
> Antoine,
>
> It's been a while since we have looked at oxf:xslfo-serializer. The
> processor is extremely simple, see:
>
> http://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/blob/master/src/java/org/orbeon/oxf/processor/serializer/legacy/XSLFOSerializer.java
>
> The XML input is XML so should support unicode. So I wonder why it
> doesn't work for you. Maybe you can try a newer version of FOP, and/or
> try to dig into the FOP documentation or support.
>
> -Erik
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM,
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use the oxf:xslfo-serializer to generate PDFs.
>> Unfortunately the text I enter contain Cyrillic, chinese, ... Charachters.
>> These characters are represented as # in the PDF.
>>
>> Is there a way to make those characters appear?
>> I searched through the FOP documentation but I don't know how to implement
>> this in the XPL.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Antoine
>>
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Erik Bruchez-3

Re: RE: RE: Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF

FYI we have now included this change.

-Erik

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Erik Bruchez <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Antoine, thanks for this patch!
>
> -Erik
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:35 AM,
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> I found a solution to my UTF8 character problem:
>> I had to modify the existing XSLFOSerialiser as follows (I actually copied the processor and modified it):
>>
>>
>> // Setup FOP to output PDF
>> FopFactory fopFactory = FopFactory.newInstance();
>> FOUserAgent foUserAgent = fopFactory.newFOUserAgent();
>>
>> URL configFileUrl = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("fop-userconfig.xml");
>> if (configFileUrl == null) {
>> logger
>> .error("FOP config file not found, please put the fop-userconfig.xml file into the classpath of the server, UTF-8 characters won't be displayed correctly");
>> } else {
>> File userConfigXml = new File(configFileUrl.getFile());
>> fopFactory.setUserConfig(userConfigXml);
>> }
>>
>> Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_PDF, foUserAgent, outputStream);
>>
>> // Send data to FOP
>> readInputAsSAX(context, INPUT_DATA, fop.getDefaultHandler());
>>
>>
>> The fop-userconfig.xml file contains the definition of your Unicode Font.
>> To generate this userconfig.xml file proceed as described here: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2005/jw-0328-xmlprinting.html?page=3
>>
>> Hope this is usefull for someone,
>>
>> Antoine
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:56 PM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: [ops-users] RE: Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF
>>
>> Hi Erik,
>>
>> This processor is indeed very simple.
>> I've seen some pages on the internet with indications on how to create PDF with UTF-8 characters.
>> http://www.javaranch.com/journal/200409/CreatingMultipleLanguagePDFusingApacheFOP.html
>>
>> The problem is that the default fonts used in FOP (eg. Helvetica) does not seem to be a trueType character.
>> Since I'm not realy a FOP specialist I'm not sure how to make the processor use an alternate font.
>>
>> If anyone has any idea ...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Antoine
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:32 AM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: [ops-users] Re: UTF-8 characters in PDF
>>
>> Antoine,
>>
>> It's been a while since we have looked at oxf:xslfo-serializer. The
>> processor is extremely simple, see:
>>
>> http://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/blob/master/src/java/org/orbeon/oxf/processor/serializer/legacy/XSLFOSerializer.java
>>
>> The XML input is XML so should support unicode. So I wonder why it
>> doesn't work for you. Maybe you can try a newer version of FOP, and/or
>> try to dig into the FOP documentation or support.
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM,
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I use the oxf:xslfo-serializer to generate PDFs.
>>> Unfortunately the text I enter contain Cyrillic, chinese, ... Charachters.
>>> These characters are represented as # in the PDF.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make those characters appear?
>>> I searched through the FOP documentation but I don't know how to implement
>>> this in the XPL.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Antoine
>>>
>>> --
>>> You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing
>>> list.
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>

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