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| -rw-r--r-- | src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/fonts.xml | 16 |
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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/fonts.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/fonts.xml index 5eb3463c8..758a537cc 100644 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/fonts.xml +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/fonts.xml @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ the target document. </p> </section> - <section> + <section id="missing-fonts"> <title>Missing Fonts</title> <p> When FOP does not have a specific font at its disposal (because it's @@ -177,6 +177,20 @@ Base-14 font "Times" (see above). </p> </section> + <section id="missing-glyphs"> + <title>Missing Glyphs</title> + <p> + Every font contains a particular set of + <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph">glyphs</a>. If no glyph can be found for + a given character, FOP will issue a warning and use the glpyh for "#" (if available) + instead. Before it does that, it consults a (currently hard-coded) registry of + glyph substitution groups (see Glyphs.java in Apache XML Graphics Commons). + This registry can supply alternative glyphs in some cases (like using space when a no-break + space is requested). But there's no guarantee that the result will be as expected (for + example, in the case of hyphens and similar glyphs). A better way is to use a font that + has all the necessary glyphs. This glyph substitution is only a last resort. + </p> + </section> <section id="awt"> <title>Java2D/AWT/Operating System Fonts</title> <p> |