Re: RE: Wide character in print error
"Mr. Shawn H. Corey" <[email protected]>
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Tim Turner wrote:
>
> It was not those characters or unicode. It's something with the ttfont()
> loading some font files I uploaded to the server. Regardless I am not
> getting the wide character error anymore. The PDF can be generated using
> the corefonts just fine, with one exception....using "text" calls displays
> nothing in the document.
>
> # these types of lines display no text in the PDF
> $txt = $page->text ;
> $txt->font($headerfont, 18);
> $txt->text_center("Your Assumptions are listed here for
> ACME$trademark ");
>
> # all of the gfx label calls like this one work fine
> $gfx->textlabel(0.5*72,8.4*72,$headerfont,12,"Some text to print");
>
> I'm wondering if we're missing a module or something. The text calls are
> not working even when using the corefonts i.e. Helvetica. The gfx calls
> work fine using the same fonts as the text calls.
>
> No errors are showing in the error log with regards to this.
It's far more likely that you are printing off the bottom of the page.
I can't say for sure until I see more of your code.
--
Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth,
Shawn
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