[reportlab-users] ZapfDingbats icon problem

[Dave S]

On Friday 24 November 2006 21:44, Andy Robinson wrote:

> > So being a little dumb here ... reportlab has the ZapfDingbats font, If I

> > use the above script and open the resulting PDF in Linux's Konqueror it

> > shows as expected. I assume it would show as expected in acrobat reader

> > also.

>

> Actually, we don't have these fonts.  The PDF specification states that

> they are present in Adobe Reader, and we just have to put the right

> bytes in the file.


OK with you so far - so its all about the reader being able to decode the byte 
into the correct symbol (ref font) & display it


>

> Let's compare how Adobe Reader behaves on our platforms.

> In Adobe Reader 7.0 on Win XP Pro, I see all the icons fine after running..

>   reportlab\demos\stdfonts\stdfonts.py

> ..and looking at the last page of...

>   StandardFonts_WinAnsi.pdf

>


So do I - even the ZapfDingbats (small chear !) :)


>

> I then go to File | Document Properties | Fonts and see the following

> entries for ZapfDingbats.

>   Type: Type 1

>   Encoding: BuiltIn

>   Actual Font: AdobePiStd

>   Actual Font Type: Type 1

>


Same here


> What does it say on your Linux?  


Very similar info to Adobe Reader but in a different format


> Sometimes Adobe Reader may use local 

> fonts on the system to display things (e.g. it uses ArialMT on my system

> to display Helvetica), and my hunch is that it might be doing this and

> picking up a font with a different encoding. 


mmm


> I know nothing about 

> Linux fonts and whether they are shared by different apps.

>

>


OK so I run my script - generate my own temp.pdf, 

KPDF the linux PDF reader renders it as I would expect, re reading François 
comments it appears that he can render it in Linux as well.

However XP Adobe Reader just renders it as black squares. I have attached my 
temp.pdf - can you guys read it in XP ?

Dave









>

>

> - Andy

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