[Koha-bugs] [Bug 2246] Label printing doesn't work with Unicode characters

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http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2246





------- Comment #10 from joe.atzberger at liblime.com  2008-12-02 18:43 -------
After extensive review, I am more inclined to agree with Mason inasmuch as PDFs
are limited to 3 default encodings: MacRomanEncoding, MacExpertEncoding, or
WinAnsiEncoding.  None of those cover as much Unicode as we need.  

The (1236 page!) Adobe reference book that I'm checking says: "For character
encodings that are not predefined, the PDF file must contain a stream that
defines the CMap."

It looks like we would have to define a mapping for every non-basic-ASCII
character that  we might want to use.  This "ToUnicode Mapping File Tutorial"
might be useful to pursue this route:
www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/5411.ToUnicode.pdf 

I'm not sure how much of this prTTFont would encapsulate, but it does not look
like fun though.  




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