[reportlab-users] ZapfDingbats icon problem

[François Wautier]

Hi Guys,

I could not visualise the attached file with acrobat reader on my Linux box. 
It complains about the file being corrupted.

With kpdf, I can see the file but I get the dollowing error message

	Error (0): PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...
	Error (1432): Missing 'endstream'
	Error (1432): Missing 'endstream'

With kghostview, I can see but it also complains about an XREF problem.

So... What version of reportlabs are you using?... there may be a bug here!


Cheers,
	François



> 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