Re: AFP with custom font TTF generates space-letter-space

Also, please put any example XML into an attachment rather than inlined in
the problem description or a comment.

Thanks.

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 5:12 AM Simon Steiner <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
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> You may need to open a bug in jira for us to check this.
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> Thanks
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> *From:* Jocelin HEINEN (ext) <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* 27 April 2023 11:03
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* RE: AFP with custom font TTF generates space-letter-space
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the quick answer.
> Unfortunately I did try a while ago that attribute and I did retry after
> your answer but still the same. (result below with position-by-char).
> I have also tried several others TTF but ended up with the exact same
> result.
>
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>  A r i a l  a r i a l N  a r i a l N B
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> ESC
>
> AMB 223
>
> AMI 236
>
> SCFL 1
>
> SVI 11
> ------------------------------
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> *De :* Simon Steiner <[email protected]>
> *Envoyé :* jeudi 27 avril 2023 11:50
> *À :* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Objet :* RE: AFP with custom font TTF generates space-letter-space
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> Hi,
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> What about using:
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> <font kerning="yes" embed-url="arial.ttf" name="Arial"
> position-by-char="false">
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> Thanks
>
>
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> *From:* Jocelin HEINEN (ext) <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* 27 April 2023 10:40
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* AFP with custom font TTF generates space-letter-space
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am producing an AFP file with Apache FOP 2.8 and java 17.
> In my fo.xconf file am using a custom font with the TTF format and I have
> using also a xsl file. (you can find them below)
>
> Altough then file renders properly when viewed with a tool like "Papyrus
> AFP viewer",
>
> I have noticed that the content has issues when analyzed using AFPexplorer.
>
> In the example below you see that the words are not generated words by
> words but space-letter-space which is causing problems during printing.
>
>
> *AFPexplorer*
>
> MDR:  1= A r i a l  2= a r i a l N  3= a r i a l N
>
>
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> PTX tag:
>  A  r  i  a  l  a  r  i  a  l  N  a  r  i  a  l  N  B
>
> ESC
>
> AMB 223
>
> AMI 236
>
> SCFL 1
>
> SVI 11
>
> I do not understand what is missing to produce an AFP file with the
> correct structure.
>
> Any help is welcome 🙂
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Jo
>
>
> *fo.xconf*
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <fop version="1.0">
>
> <!-- Base URL for resolving relative URLs -->
> <base>.</base>
> <!-- <font-base> </font-base> -->
> <font-base>./</font-base>
>
> <strict-configuration>true</strict-configuration>
> <default-page-settings height="297mm" width="210mm"/>
>
>
> <renderers>
> <renderer mime="application/x-afp">
>
> <renderer-resolution>240</renderer-resolution>
> <images mode="color"/>
> <fonts>
> <font kerning="yes" name="Arial" embed-url="fonts/arial.ttf" >
> <font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> <font-triplet name="any" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> </font>
> <font kerning="yes" name="arialN" embed-url="fonts/arialn.ttf" >
> <font-triplet name="arialN" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> <font-triplet name="sans-serif" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> <font-triplet name="Symbol" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> <font-triplet name="ZapfDingbats" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> <font-triplet name="any" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> </font>
> <font kerning="yes" name="arialNB" embed-url="fonts/arialnb.ttf">
> <font-triplet name="arialNB" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> <font-triplet name="SymbolNB" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> <font-triplet name="any" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> </font>
> </fonts>
> </renderer>
>
> </renderers>
>
> </fop>
>
> *XSL file*
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="
> http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output />
> <xsl:attribute-set name="borderActivity">
> <xsl:attribute name="border">solid 0.1mm black</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
> <fo:layout-master-set>
> <fo:simple-page-master master-name="first" page-height="29.7cm"
> page-width="21cm" margin-top="1cm"
> margin-bottom="2cm" margin-left="2.5cm" margin-right="2.5cm">
> <fo:region-body margin-top="1cm"/>
> <fo:region-before extent="1cm"/>
> <fo:region-after extent="1.5cm"/>
> </fo:simple-page-master>
> </fo:layout-master-set>
> <fo:page-sequence master-reference="first">
> <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
> <fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="12pt">Arial</fo:block>
> <fo:block font-family="arialN" font-size="12pt">arialN</fo:block>
> <fo:block font-family="arialNB" font-size="12pt">arialNB</fo:block>
> </fo:flow>
>
> </fo:page-sequence>
> </fo:root>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
>
>
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