Multi-language support

[Dharamveer Salecha <dh...@wilco-int.com>]

Hi
   I am aiming at getting multi-language (atleast European - Hebrew, etc.,)
support in FOP for FO to PDF generation.
Can someone indicate if such a support already exists ? What are the
languages supported ?
 or 
what needs to be done to provide such a support ?

With FOP version 0.14.0, using CommandLine, 
spanish text "podrá vender" translates to "podr#ender" in the pdf document
(I used Acrobat reader - supports spanish for viewing).

Thanks
Dharam



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Re: Multi-language support

[Sebastian Rahtz <se...@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>]

Dharamveer Salecha writes:
 >    I am aiming at getting multi-language (atleast European - Hebrew, etc.,)
 > support in FOP for FO to PDF generation.

it depends what you mean by "support". there are two issues

 - FOP has not started any implementation of writing direction, so
    your Hebrew is out straightaway

 - FOP does not yet support any fonts except the standard ones in
   Acrobat (though people have local hacks which add other fonts). that
   also screws your Hebrew

 > Can someone indicate if such a support already exists ? What are the
 > languages supported ?

also, there is no hyphenation support for any languages

 >  or 
 > what needs to be done to provide such a support ?
a lot of work :-}

 > With FOP version 0.14.0, using CommandLine, 
 > spanish text "podrá vender" translates to "podr#ender" in the pdf document
                     ^

that is not UTF8, you know. did you declare the encoding
appropriately?

sebastian