[reportlab-users] Bug when importing TrueType fonts with names containing blanks

[Dinu Gherman]

Hi,

I'm getting an error when trying to use TrueType fonts containing
blanks in their font names. See the following traceback:

	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  ...
	  File "test.py", line 13, in registerTrueTypeFont
	    font = TTFont(name, path)
	  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/pdfbase/ 
ttfonts.py", line 989, in __init__
	    self.face = TTFontFace(filename, validate=validate,  
subfontIndex=subfontIndex)
	  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/pdfbase/ 
ttfonts.py", line 898, in __init__
	    TTFontFile.__init__(self, filename, validate=validate,  
subfontIndex=subfontIndex)
	  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/pdfbase/ 
ttfonts.py", line 412, in __init__
	    self.extractInfo(charInfo)
	  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/pdfbase/ 
ttfonts.py", line 487, in extractInfo
	    raise TTFError, "psName=%r contains invalid character '%s' ie U+ 
%04X" % (psName,c,ord(c))
	reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts.TTFError: psName='UniversalCondensed  
Regular' contains invalid character ' ' ie U+0020

I can workaround this with the following simple minded patch to
reportlab/pdfbase/ttfonts.py, but I'm not sure if this is a proper
solution:

	--- ttfonts0.py	2007-11-29 15:43:25.000000000 +0100
	+++ ttfonts.py	2007-11-29 15:45:29.000000000 +0100
	@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@
	                 names[nameId] = N
	                 nameCount -= 1
	                 if nameCount==0: break
	+        names[6] = names[6].replace(" ", "-") # FIX(?) DCG
	         psName = names[6]
	         if not psName:
	             raise TTFError, "Could not find PostScript font name"

Regards,

Dinu