[reportlab-users] Unicode support

[Eric Hochmeister]

Hi Robin,

I will take a look at the version2 code.

My main concern is, in version 2, will I be able to use unicode
strings throughout and not worry about fonts etc?  Will all of this be
transparent to the end user/developer?

I'm looking for the ability to just use platypus by sending it unicode
strings and having a PDF output containing the final result.  There is
no need for right to left paragraphs (for asian languages) currently,
but merely for European characters etc.

Any information you could provide would be greatlly appreciated.

Thanks,

Eric


On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:55:36 +0000, Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:
> bo at bitute.b4net.lt wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 03:12:20PM -0500, Eric Hochmeister wrote:
> >
> >>So ReportLab does not support unicode at all?  I've seen examples on
> >>the website where reports were being generated for Japanese Medical
> >>Reporting.
> >>
> >>Am I mistaken on this issue?  Can anyone clarify on this??
> >
> >
> > Ah, sure you can get output with TTF/UTF-8 if you do unicode(foo, 'utf-8'), but
> > justifincation still does not works. Means, that UTF output you CAN get. The
> > only problem that unicode does not supported in general: AFAIK, there are no
> > unicode strings inside the code. In PLATYPUS justification will not work, for
> > example.
> >
> > Good news: I heard (but not sure), that Unicode is supported in the CVS snapshot. ;-)
> >
> > Robin?
> >
> there is more unicode aware code in
> 
> http://www.reportlab.co.uk/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/public/reportlab/branches/version2
> 
> It is a work in progress though.
> --
> Robin Becker
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