Thanks Tilman for the update. Apologies if I sounded like I am demanding but my query was more like a curious question. I am quite aware that this is a open source project and the contribution comes from dedicated engineers like you donating your spare time. I appreciate all of your contributions.
Cheers, Rakshit On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The 2.0 will be released if all (or at least most) of these issues are > solved: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20PDFBOX%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.0.0%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20due%20ASC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC > > We can't give a timeline. The people here are volunteers donating their > time. This is pro bono work. Nobody can't "force" them to do anything to > keep a timeline, or to work for a deadline. This isn't a job, this is meant > to be fun. > > The unicode improvements won't be added in 1.8. 2.0 was very much > redesigned, so it isn't possible. > > The second best we can do is to help you if you are using the 2.0 version > and have problems. > > > Tilman > > > > Am 10.08.2015 um 22:08 schrieb Rakshit Ashtekar: > >> Hello, >> >> I am working on a project where we need the Unicode support. Currently, I >> am using PDFBox 1.8.7 version. Per your suggestion, I tested the Unicode >> support in current 2.0 dev SNAPSHOT. It works and I was successful in >> supporting the required language. Thanks a lot for adding it in 2.0. >> >> I am curious to know if there is any decided timeline for the GA version >> of >> 2.0? When can we expect the 2.0 version to be out for GA? >> >> If you can provide me some info on the timeline, it would be of great help >> since I can make some decisions for my current project. >> >> Thank you in advance, >> Rakshit >> >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:50 PM, John Hewson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This is a known issue with 1.8 which has been fixed in the 2.0 trunk. >>> There isn't an official release but you can use a development snapshot. >>> >>> -- John >>> >>> On 6 Jan 2015, at 14:19, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> i am trying to print a "€" char using pdfbox. The char will end up in >>>> "þÿ >>>> ¬". >>>> i tryed to use PDType1Font.HELVETICA and loading Open Sans using >>>> "PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(document, "Open_Sans/OpenSans-Regular.ttf"); >>>> >>>> i googled and found a lot of hacks around this issue, but i need to >>>> >>> calculate the >>> >>>> width of the text later on. >>>> >>>> is there a useable unicode / utf-8 support in pdfbox? >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Tim >>>> >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
