If this doesn't work. Can we somehow use the BaseDir to point it to the absolute path to the TTF file packaged with FOP?
<variable name="BaseDir" select="location"/> <font metrics-file="$BaseDir/fonts/msgothic.xml" embed-file="$BaseDir/fonts/msgothic.TTF" kerning="yes"> Is this possible? Gang -----Original Message----- From: J.Pietschmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:49 PM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Re: Build FOP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have used the http protocol to access the font file.. Are you sure? The "metrics-file" attribute may be an URL: > > <font metrics-file="http://localhost:7011/web/msgothic.xml" but the value of "embed-file" is passed to an java.io.File constructor. Which JVM version are you running? J.Pietschmann --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]