[reportlab-users] "setfont" tag in RML seems not to work propelry

[Robin Becker]

Ulrich Weber wrote:
> 
> 
> When using the setfont tag in RML with a font name different from
> "Helvetica" or "Times-Roman" I get a python exception as shown in the
> following example:
> 
> RML-Code:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="no" ?>
> <!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM "rml_1_0.dtd">
> <document filename="dummy.pdf">
>  <template pageSize="(21cm, 29.7cm)" leftMargin="2cm" rightMargin="2cm"
> topMargin="2.5cm" bottomMargin="2.5cm">
>   <pageTemplate id="main">
>    <pageGraphics>
>     <setFont name="Helvetica-Bold" size="14"/>
>     <drawString x="2cm" y="28.0cm">test</drawString>
>    </pageGraphics>
>    <frame id="body" x1="1.8cm" y1="2.5cm"  width="17.4cm" height="24.7cm"/>
>   </pageTemplate>
>  </template>
>  <stylesheet>
>  </stylesheet>
>  <story>
>   <para>This is the "story". This is the part of the RML document where
> your text is placed.</para>
>  </story>
> </document>
> 
> Resulting python message:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
........
> I am using Python 2.3; may this cause the problem ?
> 
> I am looking forward to your advice!
> 
> Ulrich Weber

Ulrich I tried this exact source with the current SVN version of 
rml2pdf/reportlab and it works perfectly (as expected) with Python 2.3 under 
win32 and freebsd. Since Helvetica-Bold is one of the standard fonts it should 
be available always.

Is it possible that your source text is encoded in some way? I can't seem to 
find character 0x93 in your example probably. When I use that character 
explicitly pasted in (it seems to be a special double quote) I still get a 
working PDF.

Can you say which version or rml2pdf/reportlab you are using?
-- 
Robin Becker