The only vector graphics format supported by FOP is SVG. I don't have any specific recommendations for you, but you may find the following somewhat helpful (with an emphasis on Visio-produced graphics):
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/docbook-apps/2002-q2/msg00082.html HTH. > -----Original Message----- > From: O'Donnell, Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:53 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: FOP images formats > > > I used xalan, FOP (both from apache) and the docbook > stylesheet to turn my > docbook XML into pdf. > > This seemed to work fine. > > I really want to have images in my final pdf which are > composed of a photo > with text callouts. If possible I would like the callouts and > text to be > scalable objects rather than bitmappy. > > In the past I have imported photos into Ms Word docs, used Word to put > labels on them and then used Acrobat to make the pdfs. The > resulting images > are nice and clear and the labels scale up nicely when > magnified. I can > search on the text of the callouts etc. > > I notice that docbook supports wmf format for imagedata, > which i think would > do the trick. However, I wonder, is it possible for FOP to > render these kind > of images into the final pdf? When I try it, the images don't > appear. I > think maybe FOP can only do bitmap style images (like jpeg and gif). > > Has anyone else tried to do what I am trying to do? Any result? > > ta > > V >