[reportlab-users] bug in graphics/renderPDF.py

[Robin Becker]

Volker Haas wrote:

> When rendering a drawing with renderPDF.drawToFile() the font 

> "Times-Roman" is always reported as being used in the document. This is 

> a problem if all fonts need to be embedded in the PDF.

> 

> The problem is the hardcoded fontname "Times-Roman" instead of 

> rl_config.defaultGraphicsFontName.

> 

> The following patch solves the problem for me:

> 

> @@ -260 +260 @@ def drawToFile(d, fn, msg="", 

> showBoundary=rl_config._unset_, autoSize=1):

> -    c.setFont('Times-Roman', 36)

> +    c.setFont(rl_config.defaultGraphicsFontName, 36)

> @@ -269 +269 @@ def drawToFile(d, fn, msg="", 

> showBoundary=rl_config._unset_, autoSize=1):

> -        c.setFont('Times-Roman', 12)

> +        c.setFont(rl_config.defaultGraphicsFontName, 12)

> 

> Attached is a minimal example that shows the problem (to make the 

> example work, the font location needs to be specified correctly...).

> 

........

thanks for the report. I guess we need to fix that and also to make the string 
drawing conditional on whether there is actually any msg value.
-- 
Robin Becker