Jeremias- I'll watch for the merge so I can look at upgrading my project HEAD to FOP HEAD.
Thanks! - Patrick Patrick K. Jaromin VP Technology 312.943.1600 * fax 312.640.8100 JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. http://JGSullivan.com -----Original Message----- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 9:13 AM To: fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Re: Custom Fonts in Java2DRenderer & Hardcoded ColorModel Patrick, thanks for pinging me about this. I've just committed the patch. See: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44176 Please also review the color model issue when I can merge the image package redesign branch into Trunk later this week. On 07.01.2008 14:36:00 Patrick Jaromin wrote: > Jeremias- > > I mailed the ICLA a month ago today...just wanted to make sure it was > received and cleared admin. > > - Patrick > > > Patrick K. Jaromin > VP Technology > 312.943.1600 * fax 312.640.8100 > > JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. > http://JGSullivan.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 5:03 AM > To: fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org > Subject: Re: Custom Fonts in Java2DRenderer & Hardcoded ColorModel > > There were a couple of small problems to fix in the PCLRenderer but it > seems to work fine now, even with custom fonts. So from my POV the > patch is ready to be applied. I'll just have to wait for the ICLA. > > On 07.12.2007 11:41:07 Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > Patrick, > > > > sorry for the delay. I've taken a first look at your patch. Looks > good. > > The only thing I have changed is moving FontMetricMapper back to > > render.java2d since no other class in the fonts package deals with > > AWT > > > fonts, yet. And FontMetricMapper would have been the first. > > > > Since your patch contains new files, would you please fill out and > > submit an ICLA to the Apache Software Foundation? You can find the > > form > > here: http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas > > Please also check if your company might need to submit a CCLA, too. > > As soon as I've received notification from the ASF's secretary, I'll > > commit your patch. > > > > In the meantime, I'll do some more testing. > > > > More inline below... > > > > On 02.12.2007 22:45:13 Patrick Jaromin wrote: > > > Jeremias- > > > > > > Alright. Between the kid's naps, I've managed to create a patch to > > > allow for user-configured fonts in Java2DRenderers. I've tested it > > > with the PNG and TIFF renderers. > > > > > > A couple things... > > > > > > 1) I've renamed the original "FontMetricMapper" to > > > "SystemFontMetricMapper" and created a new interface > > > "org.apache.fop.fonts.FontMetricMapper". Then the new > > > implementation > > > > is called "CustomFontMetricMapper," which represents the fonts > > > *not* > > > > installed on the system but described in the fop config. I looked > > > at > > > > maintaining the original naming but just didn't like any of the > > > names I could think of. If this won't fly perhaps someone can > > > suggest an alternative naming strategy. > > > > It's fine IMO. > > > > > 2) I changed the signature of the FontInfo.setup method (the > > > java2d version of that class). It actually now more closely > > > resembles its counterpart. Since the PCLRenderer uses this same > > > class I changed the call there as well. However, I don't know how > > > to test that renderer properly and am just guessing that it would > > > be fine. If not, it would be simple to overload the setup method > > > with the former > > > > signature and revert PCLRenderer. > > > > I'll do the testing there. > > > > > 3) I don't really know how to write tests for these changes and > > > so, consequently, I didn't. I used the fop script to output PNG > > > and TIFF > > > > images with various combinations of settings in my userconfig.xml > > > and it ultimately worked as expected. I'm a pretty big proponent > > > of test-driven development but it wasn't obvious to me how to add > > > new tests -- I'm not familiar with what's setup here and don't > > > have a ton of free time to research it. Let me know if there's > > > something I could read that would help me resolve that quickly. > > > > I know, renderer testing is tricky to do in a way that testing is > > stable and useful. Therefore we don't do that, yet. We used to have > > binary comparison for PDF files but that too unstable and people > didn't use it. > > For PDF, PS and Java2D (and related) I can create bitmaps which I > > can compare visually by hand. For the other formats, this is much > > more tedious. There just isn't a one solution that fits all cases. > > > > > 4) A minor thing...I had originally implemented > > > "CustomFontMetricsMapper.mapChar()" method to simply return the > > > character provided (as the original FontMetricsMapper did). > > > However, > > > > there is a side-effect in the underlying Typeface implementation > > > delegate - MultiByteFont - of calling it's mapChar() method. If > > > you > > > *don'* call it, then "embeded fonts" (which these are considered > > > since they pass the test (MultiBytFont.isEmbedable()) ) won't > > > work...NPE on getWidth(). I didn't spend much time looking for a > > > solution to this -- I simply delegated the mapChar method to the > > > internal typeface, which solved the problem. I don't think this is > > > wrong, just don't like to leave these side-effect. I could see > > > somehow re-working the definition of "embeded font" and come up > > > with > > > > some way to make it so that these fonts aren't classed > > > "embeded"...though it's probably far more trouble than it's > worth...but thought I'd mention it. > > > > I'll look into it. > > > > > I've attached the patch to this message...I apologize if this is > > > problematic but I wanted to check primarily on the > > > FontMetricMapper rename before doing anything else with it, like > > > sumbmitting to > Bugzilla. > > > > Not strictly necessary now that I've already patched a local working > > copy of FOP. Generally, it is a good idea, though. A patch is less > > likely to be forgotten though that still occasionally happens. :-( > > > > > Let me know. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > - Patrick > > <snip/> > > > > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > Jeremias Maerki
