Some hours later...
Now I have tried to use the Arial-font:
pdf.set_font('Arial','',10)
There is always the same font - set_font seems to do nothing.
2013/5/2 Martin Weissenboeck <mweis...@gmail.com>
> Hi,
> I have tried again to generate a pdf file from an htlm file with someunicode
> characters.
> There is my test program. It's a simplified version, in the original
> program there is a lot of additional test lines.
>
> def pp():
> from gluon.contrib.pyfpdf import FPDF, HTMLMixin
>
> class MyFPDF(FPDF, HTMLMixin):
> def header(self): pass
> def footer(self): pass
>
> # create a small table with some data:
> rows = [THEAD(TR(TH("Key",_width="70%"), TH("Value",_width="30%"))),
> TBODY(TR(TD("Hello"),TD("60")),
> TR(TD("World äöü éè €"),TD("40")))]
> table = TABLE(*rows, _border="0", _align="center", _width="50%")
>
> pdf=MyFPDF()
>
> pdf.add_font('DejaVu', '', 'DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf', uni=True)
> pdf.add_page()
> pdf.set_font('DejaVu','',10) # set font method 1
> # table =TAG.font(table, _face="DejaVu") # set font method 2
> html = str(XML(table, sanitize=False))
> pdf.write_html(html)
> response.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/pdf"
> return pdf.output(dest='S')
>
> I am sure that the font file is loaded, but it seems that the font is not
> used.
> I have tried two methods to change the font, but the results are the same.
> It doesn't look like Sanserif and every Unicode-Character is printed with
> every single utf-8 byte. Maybe it's only a small error, but I could not
> find it.
>
>
> Regards, Martin[image: Inline-Bild 3]
>
>
> 2013/4/30 Jurgis Pralgauskis <jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com>
>
>> > Which font do you want to include?
>>
>> DejaVu - I guess it covers western languages.. (could be withouth
>> bold/italics to save space)
>> Another one could be for eastern chars (buy I don't know anything about
>> them...)
>>
>> > I gave you contributor access
>>
>> Thanks :)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Mariano Reingart <reing...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Which font do you want to include?
>>>
>>> The font pack is 15MB, I don't know if it could be included with web2py.
>>> Also, the problem is that no one is complete (you need several fonts
>>> to cover west / east languages)
>>>
>>> https://pyfpdf.googlecode.com/files/fpdf_unicode_font_pack.zip
>>>
>>> BTW, thanks for you comments, I gave you contributor access, so you
>>> can change the docs directly in the wiki if you like so:
>>>
>>> https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/w/list
>>>
>>> If you have any patch, also I'll be happy to review and include it ;-)
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Mariano Reingart
>>> http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
>>> http://reingart.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Jurgis Pralgauskis
>>> <jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > by the way -- would it be possible to pack at least one ttf with
>>> web2py,
>>> > and in normalize_text , when it notices unicode,
>>> > automatically add (and set) default ttf font (if such is not set) to
>>> render
>>> > ok ?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Jurgis Pralgauskis
>>> > <jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> SOLVED - the problem was that I needed to reload web2py -- for changed
>>> >> html.py to make effect ;)
>>> >>
>>> >> one more issue
>>> >> that after write_html(..) it "forgets" the previously set font
>>> (should
>>> >> be at least mentioned in docs.. :)
>>> >> https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/issues/detail?id=54#c2
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Mariano Reingart <reing...@gmail.com
>>> >
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Did you add the TTF unicode font with add_font?
>>> >>> Can you post a complete example (ie a script.py just with the code to
>>> >>> test), so I can reproduce it easily.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Best regards,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Mariano Reingart
>>> >>> http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
>>> >>> http://reingart.blogspot.com
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Jurgis Pralgauskis
>>> >>> <jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> > I see 2 lines were changed, the main
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > - if 'face' in attrs and attrs['face'].lower() in self.font_list:
>>> >>> > + if 'face' in attrs:
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > but I still get
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > File
>>> >>> >
>>> "/home/jurgis/web2py/applications/apskaitele/controllers/default.py",
>>> >>> > line 61, in pdftest
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > pdf.write_html(u"<font face='DejaVu'>Ąžuolas</font>"
>>> >>> > )
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > File "/home/jurgis/web2py/gluon/contrib/fpdf/html.py", line 397, in
>>> >>> > write_html
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/HTMLParser.py", line 114, in feed
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > self.goahead(0)
>>> >>> > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/HTMLParser.py", line 152, in
>>> goahead
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > if i < j: self.handle_data(rawdata[i:j])
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > File "/home/jurgis/web2py/gluon/contrib/fpdf/html.py", line 122,
>>> in
>>> >>> > handle_data
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > File "/home/jurgis/web2py/gluon/contrib/fpdf/fpdf.py", line 822,
>>> in
>>> >>> > write
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > txt = self.normalize_text(txt)
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > File "/home/jurgis/web2py/gluon/contrib/fpdf/fpdf.py", line
>>> 1012, in
>>> >>> > normalize_text
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > txt = txt.encode('latin1')
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > UnicodeEncodeError: 'latin-1' codec can't encode characters in
>>> position
>>> >>> > 0-1:
>>> >>> > ordinal not in range(256
>>> >>> > )
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > and if I
>>> >>> > pdf.write_html(u"<font
>>> face='DejaVu'>Ąžuolas</font>".encode('utf8'))
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I get Ä„Å3⁄4uolas
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Mariano Reingart <
>>> reing...@gmail.com>
>>> >>> > wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Sorry, I misread the email.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Unicode fonts were not supported in html2pdf.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> I've made a change to allow them, please update html.py:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> https://pyfpdf.googlecode.com/hg/fpdf/html.py
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Then, you need to load a ttf unicode font, and then pass it in
>>> <font>
>>> >>> >> face attribute:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> pdf=MyFPDF()
>>> >>> >> # add utf8 font
>>> >>> >> pdf.add_font('DejaVu', '', 'DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf', uni=True)
>>> >>> >> # first page:
>>> >>> >> pdf.add_page()
>>> >>> >> pdf.write_html(u"<font face='DejaVu'>Ąžuolas</font>")
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> For more info and complete code, see:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/Web2Py
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Let me know if that works so I can update the docs and web2py
>>> contrib
>>> >>> >> version
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Best regards
>>> >>> >> Mariano Reingart
>>> >>> >> http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
>>> >>> >> http://reingart.blogspot.com
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Mariano Reingart
>>> >>> >> <reing...@gmail.com>
>>> >>> >> wrote:
>>> >>> >> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Mariano Reingart
>>> >>> >> > <reing...@gmail.com>
>>> >>> >> > wrote:
>>> >>> >> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Jonathan Lundell
>>> >>> >> >> <jlund...@pobox.com>
>>> >>> >> >> wrote:
>>> >>> >> >>> On 26 Apr 2013, at 1:17 PM, Jurgis Pralgauskis
>>> >>> >> >>> <jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> >> >>>
>>> >>> >> >>> ok, SOLVED ttf issue for unicode example
>>> >>> >> >>> http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/Unicode
>>> >>> >> >>> just needed to create directory gluon > contrib > fpdf >
>>> font
>>> >>> >> >>> and place needed ttf files insited it :)
>>> >>> >> >>> then pdf.write(8, u"Ąžuolas") works fine
>>> >>> >> >>>
>>> >>> >> >>>
>>> >>> >> >>> The fpdf logic uses utf8 for fonts it sees as UTF-based,
>>> otherwise
>>> >>> >> >>> latin-1.
>>> >>> >> >>> It looks to me as though either it isn't recognizing your
>>> fonts as
>>> >>> >> >>> UTF, or
>>> >>> >> >>> there's some overlooked case that it's making a mistake with.
>>> Have
>>> >>> >> >>> a
>>> >>> >> >>> look at
>>> >>> >> >>> FPDF.set_font:
>>> >>> >> >>>
>>> >>> >> >>> self.unifontsubset = (self.fonts[fontkey]['type'] ==
>>> >>> >> >>> 'TTF')
>>> >>> >> >>>
>>> >>> >> >>> ...and make sure it's getting set.
>>> >>> >> >>>
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> Yes, as Jhonatan saids, FPDF (and the PDF standard, BTW) only
>>> >>> >> >> support
>>> >>> >> >> latin1 characters for standard font.
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> If you need utf8 characters, you need to embeed a T
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> > You need to embed a UTF8 TTF font, for example:
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> > # Add a DejaVu Unicode font (uses UTF-8)
>>> >>> >> > # Supports more than 200 languages. For a coverage status see:
>>> >>> >> > #
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> >
>>> http://dejavu.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dejavu/trunk/dejavu-fonts/langcover.txt
>>> >>> >> > pdf.add_font('DejaVu', '', 'DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf', uni=True)
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> > (sorry, the previous message was sent incomplete)
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> > I'll try to enhance the docs about this, thank for reporting the
>>> >>> >> > issue
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> > Best regards
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> > Mariano Reingart
>>> >>> >> > http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
>>> >>> >> > http://reingart.blogspot.com
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