PDF generation with non English charactors

Hello, I have a running ofbiz 16 and everything seems to be fine, but when I generate PDF of any thing with characters from a language other than English I get . I have looked at this post: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Multi-language-Support-in-PDF-Generation-Localizatio

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

It works at https://ofbiz-vm2.apache.org:18443/example/control/main use the "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu, then in the PDF looks for NotoSans Jacques Le 13/01/2017 à 13:25, Bahaa Alamood a écrit : Hello, I have a running ofbiz 16 and everything seems to be fine, but when I generate PDF of any t

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hi Jacques, thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you have mentioned below with some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive me if I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project. On 1

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hi Bahaa, Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a Jira https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check https://www.google.com/get/noto/ Thanks Jacques L

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hi Bahaa and Jacques, DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open source font family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic. Cheers Paul Foxworthy On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > Hi Bahaa, > > Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachmen

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hello Paul, I tried the Dejavu fonts but when you have a mixed English ans Arabic the Arabic words a disjointed and treated them link English print and this is not the way Arabic works because Arabic is written like a script and the letters join in a word. I will keep looking for a suitable f

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hello Bahaa, I think it would be best to create a JIRA so we can help you more. We might need screenshots, patches, etc ... I might be able to help you out but we need a place to collaborate. Cheers, Taher Alkhateeb On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bahaa Alamood < balam...@arcdigitalsolutionsan

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hello Taher, I just uploaded it to the JIRA (not sure if I put it in the right place :) ) but here is the link to the page https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/rxUIB On 1/16/2017 7:06 AM, Taher Alkhateeb wrote: Hello Bahaa, I think it would be best to create a JIRA so we can help you more

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hello Bahaa, I meant a JIRA issue, not a wiki, sorry for not being clear. You can register and create a JIRA from here -> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Bahaa Alamood < balam...@arcdigitalsolutionsandconsultancy.com> wrote: > Hello Taher, > > I just

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

This helps when it comes to first contribution https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices Jacques Le 16/01/2017 à 14:40, Taher Alkhateeb a écrit : Hello Bahaa, I meant a JIRA issue, not a wiki, sorry for not being clear. You can register and create

Re: PDF generation with non English charactors

Hi Jacques, thanks, I also create a new issue and here is the link to it https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-9176 On 1/16/2017 9:04 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: This helps when it comes to first contribution https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+