[reportlab-users] Micr font advice in reportlab

[Henning von Bargen]

Mike Driscoll wrote:


> Hi,

> 

> I posted about this issue a couple weeks ago and still haven't figured

it out,

> but I found some more information about the font. I am using a font

called

> MICRCheckPrixa. You can read about it here:

> 

> http://www.micre13b.com/MICRCheckPrixa.pdf

> 

> According to the spec, I should be able to use semi-colons to get one

of the

> funky MICR characters, however it seems to be getting eaten by

Reportlab

> somehow.

> 

> Here's my code snippet:

> 

> micr = '<font name="MICRCheckPrixa" style="regular" size=14>;%s; :%s:

> %s</font>'

> micr_line = micr % (self.check_data.check_number,

>                             self.check_data.bank_routing_number,

>                             self.check_data.bank_account_number)

> 

> The colons turn into the correct character, but the semi-colons end up

looking

> blank. I have attached a quick example code and its output. You can

see the

> colons have been transformed per the spec, but the semi-colons are

eaten.

> There's a demo version of the font that has both the characters (I

think), so

> if anyone has any ideas or solutions, I'm all ears.

> 


You are wrong, the semi-colon is there!

When I open your attached PDF file with Adobe Reader,
select the whole text and copy it into a text editor,
it is shown as
123456; :1234567890: 1111111111

Note the semi-colon after 123456.

HTH
Henning