Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Hello, I think that it's not so simple, but as Eduard pointed out you need: a) a correct font b) fop-1.1 c) fo generation d) fop configuration I am also frustrated, I have not been able to generate a PDF in Arabic. So, these are my questions/experiences: a) I'm using Arial Unicode MS [1]. It's a good choice? b) I downloaded the last version from [2] c) I tried xsltproc, that converts any gliph into character codes (ej. 3.8 (#x628;#x627;#x644;#x639;#x631;#x628;#x64A;#x629;)), or saxon that leaves the gliphs intact (3.8 (بالعربية)) d) I've edited fop.xconf to register the font In any case, not only fop refuses to generate a pdf, complaining about missing glyphs and hyphenation, but aborts with many org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException. So, anyone know's or can point to a document to learn about these questions a) What font is recommended, or have been used with success? b) What is the best way to generate the FO? c) What configuration do you use to register the font? d) There are any examples? Best regards, Bernardo [1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?fid=24 [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/ -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Eduard Tibet eduard.ti...@i-free.comwrote: Brian, It's simple. I'll try to explain. 1. Check if fonts, available on your system, support Arabic glyphs. 2. Write down (i.e. in any text editor) the names of these fonts. 3. Open your fo file and check the names of the fonts you are using. Please, note, that the font families in your fo file should have the same names as your font files in your system. 4. Try to use the exact fonts with Arabic glyphs instead of autodetect. Try to use the following: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#advanced (but hold the step 2 in your mind). Finally, you need to get: 1. The names of the fonts file in your system, that contains Arabic glyphs. 2. The fo file with font families that exists in your system and contains Arabic glyphs. 3. The configuration file that makes a dependency between the font files in your system and font names fo file. -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -Original Message- From: Brian Hansen [mailto:greencopperm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:06 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop renderers renderer mime=application/pdf fonts auto-detect/ /fonts /renderer /renderers /fop When I run FOP I use this command: $ fop -c foprc.xconf -fo filename.fo -pdf filename.pdf I get this message: SNIP Font Symbol,normal,700 not found. Substituting with Symbol,normal,400. Font ZapfDingbats,normal,700 not found. Substituting with ZapfDingbats,normal,400. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x633, afii57427) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x645, afii57445) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64a, afii57450) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x629, afii57417) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x647, afii57470) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62a, afii57418) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x642, afii57442) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x648, afii57448) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x649, afii57449) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62e, afii57422) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x641, afii57441) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x650, afii57456) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x651, afii57457) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64e, afii57454) not available in font Times-Bold. Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 33725
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Hi Bernardo, By the looks of the exception you've got an error in the FO you're creating, which probably has nothing to do with Arabic support. If you're wondering which fonts to use, I'd suggest you read the Apache FOP website, it should give you all the information you need [1]. As for your erroneous FO, I'd suggest the following; use an XSLT transformer to create the FO, then use that as the input to FOP and you should get some information from the error as to which FO construct is erroring. If you're still having issues, post the FO to this forum (though under a new thread, it's won't be relevant to the original thread). Hope that helps Mehdi [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/trunk/complexscripts.html#fonts_arabic On 8 November 2012 11:39, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I think that it's not so simple, but as Eduard pointed out you need: a) a correct font b) fop-1.1 c) fo generation d) fop configuration I am also frustrated, I have not been able to generate a PDF in Arabic. So, these are my questions/experiences: a) I'm using Arial Unicode MS [1]. It's a good choice? b) I downloaded the last version from [2] c) I tried xsltproc, that converts any gliph into character codes (ej. 3.8 (#x628;#x627;#x644;#x639;#x631;#x628;#x64A;#x629;)), or saxon that leaves the gliphs intact (3.8 (بالعربية)) d) I've edited fop.xconf to register the font In any case, not only fop refuses to generate a pdf, complaining about missing glyphs and hyphenation, but aborts with many org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException. So, anyone know's or can point to a document to learn about these questions a) What font is recommended, or have been used with success? b) What is the best way to generate the FO? c) What configuration do you use to register the font? d) There are any examples? Best regards, Bernardo [1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?fid=24 [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/ -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Eduard Tibet eduard.ti...@i-free.comwrote: Brian, It's simple. I'll try to explain. 1. Check if fonts, available on your system, support Arabic glyphs. 2. Write down (i.e. in any text editor) the names of these fonts. 3. Open your fo file and check the names of the fonts you are using. Please, note, that the font families in your fo file should have the same names as your font files in your system. 4. Try to use the exact fonts with Arabic glyphs instead of autodetect. Try to use the following: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#advanced (but hold the step 2 in your mind). Finally, you need to get: 1. The names of the fonts file in your system, that contains Arabic glyphs. 2. The fo file with font families that exists in your system and contains Arabic glyphs. 3. The configuration file that makes a dependency between the font files in your system and font names fo file. -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -Original Message- From: Brian Hansen [mailto:greencopperm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:06 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop renderers renderer mime=application/pdf fonts auto-detect/ /fonts /renderer /renderers /fop When I run FOP I use this command: $ fop -c foprc.xconf -fo filename.fo -pdf filename.pdf I get this message: SNIP Font Symbol,normal,700 not found. Substituting with Symbol,normal,400. Font ZapfDingbats,normal,700 not found. Substituting with ZapfDingbats,normal,400. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x633, afii57427) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x645, afii57445) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64a, afii57450) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x629, afii57417) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x647
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
an example is attached. in fact it was provided in this list by someone else by I am including also a fop.xconf file. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I think that it's not so simple, but as Eduard pointed out you need: a) a correct font b) fop-1.1 c) fo generation d) fop configuration I am also frustrated, I have not been able to generate a PDF in Arabic. So, these are my questions/experiences: a) I'm using Arial Unicode MS [1]. It's a good choice? b) I downloaded the last version from [2] c) I tried xsltproc, that converts any gliph into character codes (ej. 3.8 (#x628;#x627;#x644;#x639;#x631;#x628;#x64A;#x629;)), or saxon that leaves the gliphs intact (3.8 (بالعربية)) d) I've edited fop.xconf to register the font In any case, not only fop refuses to generate a pdf, complaining about missing glyphs and hyphenation, but aborts with many org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException. So, anyone know's or can point to a document to learn about these questions a) What font is recommended, or have been used with success? b) What is the best way to generate the FO? c) What configuration do you use to register the font? d) There are any examples? Best regards, Bernardo [1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?fid=24 [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/ -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Eduard Tibet eduard.ti...@i-free.com wrote: Brian, It's simple. I'll try to explain. 1. Check if fonts, available on your system, support Arabic glyphs. 2. Write down (i.e. in any text editor) the names of these fonts. 3. Open your fo file and check the names of the fonts you are using. Please, note, that the font families in your fo file should have the same names as your font files in your system. 4. Try to use the exact fonts with Arabic glyphs instead of autodetect. Try to use the following: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#advanced (but hold the step 2 in your mind). Finally, you need to get: 1. The names of the fonts file in your system, that contains Arabic glyphs. 2. The fo file with font families that exists in your system and contains Arabic glyphs. 3. The configuration file that makes a dependency between the font files in your system and font names fo file. -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -Original Message- From: Brian Hansen [mailto:greencopperm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:06 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop renderers renderer mime=application/pdf fonts auto-detect/ /fonts /renderer /renderers /fop When I run FOP I use this command: $ fop -c foprc.xconf -fo filename.fo -pdf filename.pdf I get this message: SNIP Font Symbol,normal,700 not found. Substituting with Symbol,normal,400. Font ZapfDingbats,normal,700 not found. Substituting with ZapfDingbats,normal,400. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x633, afii57427) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x645, afii57445) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64a, afii57450) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x629, afii57417) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x647, afii57470) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62a, afii57418) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x642, afii57442) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x648, afii57448) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x649, afii57449) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62e, afii57422) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x641, afii57441) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x650, afii57456) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Luis, I could re-generate the example, so I think my problem is in the fo generation side. Many thanks, Bernardo -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Luis Bernardo lmpmberna...@gmail.comwrote: an example is attached. in fact it was provided in this list by someone else by I am including also a fop.xconf file. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I think that it's not so simple, but as Eduard pointed out you need: a) a correct font b) fop-1.1 c) fo generation d) fop configuration I am also frustrated, I have not been able to generate a PDF in Arabic. So, these are my questions/experiences: a) I'm using Arial Unicode MS [1]. It's a good choice? b) I downloaded the last version from [2] c) I tried xsltproc, that converts any gliph into character codes (ej. 3.8 (#x628;#x627;#x644;#x639;#x631;#x628;#x64A;#x629;)), or saxon that leaves the gliphs intact (3.8 (بالعربية)) d) I've edited fop.xconf to register the font In any case, not only fop refuses to generate a pdf, complaining about missing glyphs and hyphenation, but aborts with many org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException. So, anyone know's or can point to a document to learn about these questions a) What font is recommended, or have been used with success? b) What is the best way to generate the FO? c) What configuration do you use to register the font? d) There are any examples? Best regards, Bernardo [1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?fid=24 [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/ -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Eduard Tibet eduard.ti...@i-free.com wrote: Brian, It's simple. I'll try to explain. 1. Check if fonts, available on your system, support Arabic glyphs. 2. Write down (i.e. in any text editor) the names of these fonts. 3. Open your fo file and check the names of the fonts you are using. Please, note, that the font families in your fo file should have the same names as your font files in your system. 4. Try to use the exact fonts with Arabic glyphs instead of autodetect. Try to use the following: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#advanced (but hold the step 2 in your mind). Finally, you need to get: 1. The names of the fonts file in your system, that contains Arabic glyphs. 2. The fo file with font families that exists in your system and contains Arabic glyphs. 3. The configuration file that makes a dependency between the font files in your system and font names fo file. -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -Original Message- From: Brian Hansen [mailto:greencopperm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:06 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop renderers renderer mime=application/pdf fonts auto-detect/ /fonts /renderer /renderers /fop When I run FOP I use this command: $ fop -c foprc.xconf -fo filename.fo -pdf filename.pdf I get this message: SNIP Font Symbol,normal,700 not found. Substituting with Symbol,normal,400. Font ZapfDingbats,normal,700 not found. Substituting with ZapfDingbats,normal,400. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x633, afii57427) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x645, afii57445) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64a, afii57450) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x629, afii57417) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x647, afii57470) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62a, afii57418) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x642, afii57442) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x648, afii57448) not available in font Times-Roman
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Hi Mehdi, You are right, I used the example and configuration sent by Luis Bernardo, and fop works well. As for the fonts, his (Luis) example used Arial, I also tested ArialUnicodeMS and works. Traditional arabic (BTW, the links on the page are wrong) produces this error: org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException: The font trado.ttf is not embeddable due to a licensing restriction. Thank you, Bernardo -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Mehdi Houshmand med1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bernardo, By the looks of the exception you've got an error in the FO you're creating, which probably has nothing to do with Arabic support. If you're wondering which fonts to use, I'd suggest you read the Apache FOP website, it should give you all the information you need [1]. As for your erroneous FO, I'd suggest the following; use an XSLT transformer to create the FO, then use that as the input to FOP and you should get some information from the error as to which FO construct is erroring. If you're still having issues, post the FO to this forum (though under a new thread, it's won't be relevant to the original thread). Hope that helps Mehdi [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/trunk/complexscripts.html#fonts_arabic On 8 November 2012 11:39, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I think that it's not so simple, but as Eduard pointed out you need: a) a correct font b) fop-1.1 c) fo generation d) fop configuration I am also frustrated, I have not been able to generate a PDF in Arabic. So, these are my questions/experiences: a) I'm using Arial Unicode MS [1]. It's a good choice? b) I downloaded the last version from [2] c) I tried xsltproc, that converts any gliph into character codes (ej. 3.8 (#x628;#x627;#x644;#x639;#x631;#x628;#x64A;#x629;)), or saxon that leaves the gliphs intact (3.8 (بالعربية)) d) I've edited fop.xconf to register the font In any case, not only fop refuses to generate a pdf, complaining about missing glyphs and hyphenation, but aborts with many org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException. So, anyone know's or can point to a document to learn about these questions a) What font is recommended, or have been used with success? b) What is the best way to generate the FO? c) What configuration do you use to register the font? d) There are any examples? Best regards, Bernardo [1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?fid=24 [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/ -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Eduard Tibet eduard.ti...@i-free.comwrote: Brian, It's simple. I'll try to explain. 1. Check if fonts, available on your system, support Arabic glyphs. 2. Write down (i.e. in any text editor) the names of these fonts. 3. Open your fo file and check the names of the fonts you are using. Please, note, that the font families in your fo file should have the same names as your font files in your system. 4. Try to use the exact fonts with Arabic glyphs instead of autodetect. Try to use the following: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#advanced (but hold the step 2 in your mind). Finally, you need to get: 1. The names of the fonts file in your system, that contains Arabic glyphs. 2. The fo file with font families that exists in your system and contains Arabic glyphs. 3. The configuration file that makes a dependency between the font files in your system and font names fo file. -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -Original Message- From: Brian Hansen [mailto:greencopperm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:06 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop renderers renderer mime=application/pdf fonts auto-detect/ /fonts /renderer /renderers /fop When I run FOP I use this command: $ fop -c foprc.xconf -fo filename.fo -pdf filename.pdf I get this message: SNIP Font Symbol,normal,700 not found. Substituting with Symbol,normal,400. Font ZapfDingbats,normal,700 not found. Substituting with ZapfDingbats,normal,400. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Helvetica
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Ahh yeah, that doesn't mean it doesn't work though. You can reference fonts [1], but you'll need them installed if you want to view them. Alternatively you could either 1) buy the license or 2) uhm *cough* change the bit flag which tells Fop the font is not embeddable [2] *cough*... Woahh that was an informative cough! Obviously any changes you make to the font are ill advised in a commercial setting, but may help you test the font before purchasing it. Mehdi [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html *cough* [2] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/os2.htm#fst *cough* On 8 November 2012 13:30, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Mehdi, You are right, I used the example and configuration sent by Luis Bernardo, and fop works well. As for the fonts, his (Luis) example used Arial, I also tested ArialUnicodeMS and works. Traditional arabic (BTW, the links on the page are wrong) produces this error: org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException: The font trado.ttf is not embeddable due to a licensing restriction. Thank you, Bernardo -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Mehdi Houshmand med1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bernardo, By the looks of the exception you've got an error in the FO you're creating, which probably has nothing to do with Arabic support. If you're wondering which fonts to use, I'd suggest you read the Apache FOP website, it should give you all the information you need [1]. As for your erroneous FO, I'd suggest the following; use an XSLT transformer to create the FO, then use that as the input to FOP and you should get some information from the error as to which FO construct is erroring. If you're still having issues, post the FO to this forum (though under a new thread, it's won't be relevant to the original thread). Hope that helps Mehdi [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/trunk/complexscripts.html#fonts_arabic On 8 November 2012 11:39, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I think that it's not so simple, but as Eduard pointed out you need: a) a correct font b) fop-1.1 c) fo generation d) fop configuration I am also frustrated, I have not been able to generate a PDF in Arabic. So, these are my questions/experiences: a) I'm using Arial Unicode MS [1]. It's a good choice? b) I downloaded the last version from [2] c) I tried xsltproc, that converts any gliph into character codes (ej. 3.8 (#x628;#x627;#x644;#x639;#x631;#x628;#x64A;#x629;)), or saxon that leaves the gliphs intact (3.8 (بالعربية)) d) I've edited fop.xconf to register the font In any case, not only fop refuses to generate a pdf, complaining about missing glyphs and hyphenation, but aborts with many org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException. So, anyone know's or can point to a document to learn about these questions a) What font is recommended, or have been used with success? b) What is the best way to generate the FO? c) What configuration do you use to register the font? d) There are any examples? Best regards, Bernardo [1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?fid=24 [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/ -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Eduard Tibet eduard.ti...@i-free.comwrote: Brian, It's simple. I'll try to explain. 1. Check if fonts, available on your system, support Arabic glyphs. 2. Write down (i.e. in any text editor) the names of these fonts. 3. Open your fo file and check the names of the fonts you are using. Please, note, that the font families in your fo file should have the same names as your font files in your system. 4. Try to use the exact fonts with Arabic glyphs instead of autodetect. Try to use the following: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#advanced (but hold the step 2 in your mind). Finally, you need to get: 1. The names of the fonts file in your system, that contains Arabic glyphs. 2. The fo file with font families that exists in your system and contains Arabic glyphs. 3. The configuration file that makes a dependency between the font files in your system and font names fo file. -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -Original Message- From: Brian Hansen [mailto:greencopperm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:06 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Thank you all for your replies. I haven't been succesfull in getting the result right. I downloaded the attached files and tried those, and arabic was displayed using Arial, I also tried different other fonts such as ScheherazadeRegOT, but in all cases the letters are not connected correctly, each letter is displayed standing alone. Also vocal signs are lost even with ScheherazadeRegOT. Anyway, I found this application: https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ It uses webkit to convert from HTML to PDF and the result is great with regard to fonts. No FO file is needed. Links within the PDF file doesn't work, but I think I can live with that. I think I'm gonna give up on FOP for now and use webkit HTML to PDF instead. Best regards. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
don't give up so easily; send me your input FO file (or a sample) and I'll check what you are doing wrong... just to make sure, you are using fop 1.1 yes? note that others are regularly using fop 1.1 successfully for arabic, so it is probably a usage or config problem on your end On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Brian Hansen greencopperm...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you all for your replies. I haven't been succesfull in getting the result right. I downloaded the attached files and tried those, and arabic was displayed using Arial, I also tried different other fonts such as ScheherazadeRegOT, but in all cases the letters are not connected correctly, each letter is displayed standing alone. Also vocal signs are lost even with ScheherazadeRegOT. Anyway, I found this application: https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ It uses webkit to convert from HTML to PDF and the result is great with regard to fonts. No FO file is needed. Links within the PDF file doesn't work, but I think I can live with that. I think I'm gonna give up on FOP for now and use webkit HTML to PDF instead. Best regards. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
I have been using FOP 1.0, but never mind, I have just fallin in love with wkhtmltopdf - the static version produces links inside the PDF file and the result is so much better than FOP. Thanks, but I wont be using FOP any longer I think the result from wkhtmltopdf is much better, even with the problems with Arabic fonts. 2012/11/9, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com: don't give up so easily; send me your input FO file (or a sample) and I'll check what you are doing wrong... just to make sure, you are using fop 1.1 yes? note that others are regularly using fop 1.1 successfully for arabic, so it is probably a usage or config problem on your end On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Brian Hansen greencopperm...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you all for your replies. I haven't been succesfull in getting the result right. I downloaded the attached files and tried those, and arabic was displayed using Arial, I also tried different other fonts such as ScheherazadeRegOT, but in all cases the letters are not connected correctly, each letter is displayed standing alone. Also vocal signs are lost even with ScheherazadeRegOT. Anyway, I found this application: https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ It uses webkit to convert from HTML to PDF and the result is great with regard to fonts. No FO file is needed. Links within the PDF file doesn't work, but I think I can live with that. I think I'm gonna give up on FOP for now and use webkit HTML to PDF instead. Best regards. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
Re: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Brian Hansen greencopperm...@gmail.comwrote: I have been using FOP 1.0, but never mind, I have just fallin in love with wkhtmltopdf - the static version produces links inside the PDF file and the result is so much better than FOP. Thanks, but I wont be using FOP any longer I think the result from wkhtmltopdf is much better, even with the problems with Arabic fonts. It can't be better since FOP 1.0 never supported Arabic. You are comparing apples and oranges. If you wish to try FOP with Arabic, use a version that supports it. Otherwise, you are wasting our time. Whatever.
Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop renderers renderer mime=application/pdf fonts auto-detect/ /fonts /renderer /renderers /fop When I run FOP I use this command: $ fop -c foprc.xconf -fo filename.fo -pdf filename.pdf I get this message: SNIP Font Symbol,normal,700 not found. Substituting with Symbol,normal,400. Font ZapfDingbats,normal,700 not found. Substituting with ZapfDingbats,normal,400. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x633, afii57427) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x645, afii57445) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64a, afii57450) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x629, afii57417) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x647, afii57470) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62a, afii57418) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x642, afii57442) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x648, afii57448) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x649, afii57449) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62e, afii57422) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x641, afii57441) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x650, afii57456) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x651, afii57457) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64e, afii57454) not available in font Times-Bold. Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 33725 millipoints. (See position 38:32883) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 33725 millipoints. (See position 38:33245) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 33725 millipoints. (See position 38:33624) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:40585) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:41202) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:41645) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:42132) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:42782) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:43361) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:44233) /SNIP What exactly do I need to do? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
RE: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP
Brian, It's simple. I'll try to explain. 1. Check if fonts, available on your system, support Arabic glyphs. 2. Write down (i.e. in any text editor) the names of these fonts. 3. Open your fo file and check the names of the fonts you are using. Please, note, that the font families in your fo file should have the same names as your font files in your system. 4. Try to use the exact fonts with Arabic glyphs instead of autodetect. Try to use the following: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/fonts.html#advanced (but hold the step 2 in your mind). Finally, you need to get: 1. The names of the fonts file in your system, that contains Arabic glyphs. 2. The fo file with font families that exists in your system and contains Arabic glyphs. 3. The configuration file that makes a dependency between the font files in your system and font names fo file. -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -Original Message- From: Brian Hansen [mailto:greencopperm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:06 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Need help to get Arabic working with FOP Hi I'm pulling my hair out in frustration! I have been trying for so long to get Arabic fonts to display correct when using Docbook (converting XML to FO using Xsltproc and then to PDF using FOP). I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the documentation for FOP. It's not clear enough for me. I'm running FOP 1.0 on Linux. I need to know exacty, step by step, what I need to do to get Arabic text rendered properly. Instead # is shown. I have created this file foprc.xconf: fop renderers renderer mime=application/pdf fonts auto-detect/ /fonts /renderer /renderers /fop When I run FOP I use this command: $ fop -c foprc.xconf -fo filename.fo -pdf filename.pdf I get this message: SNIP Font Symbol,normal,700 not found. Substituting with Symbol,normal,400. Font ZapfDingbats,normal,700 not found. Substituting with ZapfDingbats,normal,400. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x633, afii57427) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x645, afii57445) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64a, afii57450) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x629, afii57417) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Helvetica-Bold. Glyph ? (0x644, afii57444) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x647, afii57470) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62a, afii57418) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x642, afii57442) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x648, afii57448) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x649, afii57449) not available in font Times-Roman. Glyph ? (0x62e, afii57422) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x627, afii57415) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x641, afii57441) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x625, afii57413) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x650, afii57456) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x646, afii57446) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x651, afii57457) not available in font Times-Bold. Glyph ? (0x64e, afii57454) not available in font Times-Bold. Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 33725 millipoints. (See position 38:32883) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 33725 millipoints. (See position 38:33245) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 33725 millipoints. (See position 38:33624) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:40585) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:41202) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:41645) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:42132) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:42782) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:43361) Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by 2500 millipoints. (See position 42:44233) /SNIP What exactly do I need to do? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
