I am trying to print the euro character (€) in a PDF using PostScript fonts we have purchased. The euro symbol is overstriking the next character when I use the imbeded fonts. It works ok with the standard WebFOCUS fonts.

Instead of €20 we get €0 , with the 2 underneath the euro symbol.
I am going to open a case with IBI but was wondering if someone has purchased PostSCript fonts installed if they could try this sample code agaist the CAR file to see if they get the same results.

Thanks for your help,

Lenny

DEFINE FILE CAR
EXTCHAR1/A10 = '€20';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
MODEL AS 'Arial'
EXTCHAR1 AS 'Arial'
EXTCHAR1 AS 'Galliard'
HEADING
"Using imbeded font and extended characters"
"Outputing PDF"
" "
"Galliard is imbeded font Arial is NOT "
" "
"The Euro symbol is over writing the next character for Galliard imbeded font "
" "
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *

$ Page Margins and Orientation
UNITS=IN, PAGESIZE='Letter', LEFTMARGIN=0.30000, RIGHTMARGIN=0.30000,
TOPMARGIN=0.54000, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.30000, SQUEEZE=OFF, TOPGAP=0.01, BOTTOMGAP=0.01,

TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=P1, FONT=Arial, STYLE=NORMAL, SIZE=10, POSITION=0.00,$
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=P2, FONT=Arial, STYLE=NORMAL, SIZE=10, POSITION=2.90,$
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=P3, FONT=Galliard, STYLE=NORMAL, SIZE=10, POSITION=3.80,$

ENDSTYLE
END

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,

I thought we could only use the fonts specified in the WebFOCUS documentation. What's an "embedded" font? I tried coding a PostScript font I have (MACGrande), and I got the error (FOC3203) UNRECOGNIZED FONT IN STYLESHEET FILE AT LINE: 6

What you would have to do to test is take the MACGrande font files (the .AFM .PFB and .INF files) and copy them to your ibi\srv??\home\etc directory on your report server. You also have to include the reference to the MACGrande fonts in your C:\IBI\SRV??\HOME\ETC\PDF.FMP file.
You would add these lines for just the normal style.
font=ArialMT, style=normal, metricsfile=ARI_____ AFM *,
fontfile=ARI_____ PFB *, $

Instead of ArialMT you would use the name of your font and font files.

In the fex code I used you would change the reference to Galliard to your font name MACGrande

Lenny

Lenny, thanks for the tip on embedded fonts. I wonder if this is documented anywhere, I think not.

Meanwhile, I'm still looking for a postscript font with the Euro symbol to test your fex.

Regards,

Francis.

Francis,

Search for case 10762015 on tech support pages.

T

Hi,

In the Creating Reports With WebFOCUS Language manual, the Choosing a Display Format chapter has a topic called "Adding PostScript Type 1 Fonts for PS and PDF Formats" that covers this.

For version 5.3, (DN4500580.0904) see chapter 8. For version 7.1, (DN4500695.0905) see chapter 9.

Hope this helps.

Have a good day,
Jenn

Jennifer,

Thank you for the reference to the documentation - very nice and detailed.

I was wondering if WebFOCUS supports the fairly new OpenType font format? It's a cross platform font format that can be used In Windows XP and Mac OS X.

Thanks again.

I know this is old, but did anyone ever find out if OpenType Fonts are supported?

Hi neuro,

There has been some font functionality added since the original topic was opened. Please open a case on InfoResponse Online so that we can verify that the specifics that you're looking for at the release of WebFOCUS that you're using have been implemented into to the product.

Thanks and regards,

Kathryn