Re: Multiple languages in PDF?

hi,

here is a n example of how I generate English/Chinese/Pinyin in a 
docbook text: works perfectly

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<tbody>
   <row>
     <entry>
	<foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ 
                  kǎolǜ kǎolǜ.</foreignphrase>
	</entry>
                                             </row>
                                             <row>
                                                 <entry><foreignphrase 
xml:lang="cmn-Hani"
 
 >我虑的虑的。</foreignphrase></entry>
                                             </row>
                                             <row>
                                                 <entry>I'll think it 
over. (non-committal)</entry>
                                             </row>
                                             <row>
                                                 <entry><foreignphrase 
xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                                                   >Fēicháng 
hǎo.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                             </row>
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I use a customization part in :  xls/fo/docbook_custom.xsl

It can be another name or location (I use oXygen editor), but the 
principle is here

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     <xsl:template match="d:foreignphrase[@xml:lang='cmn-Hani']">
         <!--<fo:inline font-family="UKIJ CJK"> -->
         <fo:inline font-family="NotoSansCJKjp-Light">
	<!--<fo:inline font-family="AR PL KaitiM GB"> jolie fonte mais moins 
lisible-->
             <!--<xsl:attribute 
name="background-color">#FFFFFF</xsl:attribute> -->
             <xsl:attribute name="color">#FF0000</xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:attribute name="font-size">1.3em</xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:call-template name="inline.charseq"/>
         </fo:inline>
     </xsl:template>

     <xsl:template match="d:foreignphrase[@xml:lang='cmn-Latn-pinyin']">
         <fo:inline>
             <xsl:attribute name="color">#0000FF</xsl:attribute>
             <!--<xsl:attribute 
name="background-color">#FFFF00</xsl:attribute>-->
             <xsl:call-template name="inline.charseq"/>

         </fo:inline>
     </xsl:template>

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link to the document I'm editing at the moment (not finished, there are 
1400 pages min) :

https://git.yojik.eu/eric/FSI-Chinese-docbook/src/master/out/pdf/FSI-Chinese.pdf

Best regards

Eric


Le 22/12/2021 à 04:01, M. Downing Roberts a écrit :
> I'm back with another question.
> 
> I'd like to combine English and Japanese text in a single book. I can 
> set the @lang attribute on various elements, but the problem is that I 
> need to switch fonts, too. The font that I want to use for body text 
> doesn't include Japanese characters. I'm not sure how to embed Japanese 
> text within a <para> of English and get it to render properly. E.g.:
> 
>     <para>The Hōjōki [方丈記] is an important and popular short work of
>     the early Kamakura period.</para>
> 
> 
> It seems like I need something akin to <span lang="ja"> to mark the 
> Japanese text, and then a customization in the stylesheet to detect this 
> and specify a suitable font. However, I'm not sure how I should handle 
> either of these issues.
> 
> I would also like to specify a different font for the <subtitle> 
> element. I've tried this customization:
> 
>     <xsl:template match="subtitle" mode="section.titlepage.recto.auto.mode">
>     <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="section.titlepage.recto.style"
>     font-family="Hiragino Mincho ProN">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="section.titlepage.recto.mode"/>
>     </fo:block>
>     </xsl:template>
> 
>     <xsl:template match="subtitle" mode="titlepage.mode">
>        <fo:block font-family="Hiragino Mincho ProN">
>          <xsl:apply-templates mode="titlepage.mode"/>
>        </fo:block>
>     </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> ...but it seems to have no effect. The font is not found, though it is 
> installed on my machine.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? What's the best way to approach this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> M.