Thank you. I have tried version 1.7.2 - same result. But it is solved: the .pkl-file is wrong.
I have taken a new set of dejavo*.ttf files from http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/dejavu/dejavu/2.35/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.35.zip . Then I have unziped and copied these files into contrib/fpdf/font fpdf creates new .pkl after the first usage. Don't forget to make www-data the owner of the font directory: chown -R www-data:www-data font Maybe a short description of these steps in the web2py book could help others to use fpdf. Regards, Martin 2015-11-29 4:55 GMT+01:00 Edwood <edwood.oca...@gmail.com>: > I am not having that problem when testing your code with pyfpdf 1.7.2, > using the same font. I noticed web2py 2.12.3 is still using pyfpdf 1.7.1. > I recommend temporarily replacing pyfpdf folder with new version an try > again. > > > On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 1:46:12 PM UTC-4, mweissen wrote: >> >> Hi, I have tried again to use fpdf. >> >> *1st try:* >> >> from gluon.contrib.fpdf import FPDF >> >> def test(): >> pdf = FPDF('P', 'mm', 'A4') >> pdf.add_page() >> pdf.set_font('Arial', 'B', 16) >> pdf.cell(40,10,'Hello World') >> response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/pdf' >> return XML(pdf.output('', 'S')) >> >> >> Ok, that's simple and it works fine. >> >> *2nd try:* >> >> Now I want to use the unicode version. >> There is a example: https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/Unicode: >> >> *Before you can use UTF-8, you have to install at least one Unicode font >> in the font directory (or system font folder).* >> >> >> But there is no font directory in fpdf! >> >> It would be nice to have a complete example how to use fpdf in web2py! >> >> After some trials I had to copy the *font directory* containing a lot of >> "DejaVu*"-files to the gluon/contrib/fpdf directory. >> >> The structure is: gluon/contrib/fpdf/font >> >> >> from gluon.contrib.fpdf import FPDF >> >> def test(): >> pdf = FPDF('P', 'mm', 'A4') >> pdf.add_page() >> pdf.add_font('DejaVu', '', 'DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf', uni=True) >> pdf.set_font('DejaVu', '', 14) >> pdf.cell(40,10,'Hello World äöü€') >> >> response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/pdf' >> return XML(pdf.output('', 'S')) >> >> >> And now I get an error message: >> >> <type 'exceptions.ValueError'> could not convert string to float >> >> Version >> web2py™Version 2.12.3-stable+timestamp.2015.08.19.00.18.03PythonPython >> 2.7.6: /usr/local/bin/python (prefix: /usr) >> Traceback >> >> 1. >> 2. >> 3. >> 4. >> 5. >> 6. >> 7. >> 8. >> 9. >> 10. >> 11. >> 12. >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 227, in restricted >> exec ccode in environment >> File "/home/www-data/web2py/applications/m_abschluss/controllers/test.py" >> <https://www.sinfs.at/admin/default/edit/m_abschluss/controllers/test.py>, >> line 54, in <module> >> File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 412, in <lambda> >> self._caller = lambda f: f() >> File "/home/www-data/web2py/applications/m_abschluss/controllers/test.py" >> <https://www.sinfs.at/admin/default/edit/m_abschluss/controllers/test.py>, >> line 26, in test >> pdf.add_font('DejaVu', '', 'DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf', uni=True) >> File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/contrib/fpdf/fpdf.py", line 432, in >> add_font >> font_dict = pickle.load(fh) >> ValueError: could not convert string to float >> >> >> >> What is the right way to use fpdf with the whole unicode character set >> in web2py? >> >> Regards, Martin >> >> -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With kind regards Martin Weissenböck Gregor-Mendel-Str. 37, 1190 Wien Austria / European Union -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
