[reportlab-users] bullet checkbox

[Robin Becker]

Thanks for picking this up Tim. I'm stuck in compile technology trying to
fix the impossible sandbox problem. happy Christmas to you and all the
other open sourcerers :)


On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 at 20:17, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:

> JOURDAIN, Maël wrote:
> > I try to use Arial Font and Wingdings 2.
> >
> > ttf = TTFont('wingdng', r'C:\Windows\Fonts\WINGDNG2.TTF')
> > pdfmetrics.registerFont(ttf)
> >
> > But with Wingdings 2, the result is a white square.
>
> Right, because Wingdings 2 does not contain that character.  You can see
> that with the "charmap" application.  It does contain the "checked
> ballot box" glyph, but it's in the slot for the capital letter R.
>
>
> > How can I get the mark and not the white square ?
>
> There are two ways.  You can use "\u2611" in a font that contains that
> glyph, like Arial.  Or, you can use Wingdings 2 and use "R" instead.
>
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> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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Robin Becker
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