[xep-support] RE: Character wrap in Japanese PDF

Baiz Yeh baiz.yeh at welocalize.com
Thu Sep 2 00:48:07 PDT 2010


Can a master at RenderX please take look at following case?

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From: Baiz Yeh
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:06 AM
To: 'xep-support at renderx.com'
Subject: Character wrap in Japanese PDF

Dear support personel at RenderX,

I have a Japanese character wrapping issue in my PDF and I was looking for a solution to tweak the wrapping behavior in DITA-OT1.4.2.1 + XEP 4.14. I was seeking advice in the Yahoo dita-users ( http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/message/19078 ,) and it seems other users are also looking for similar solution. Would you please advise how is the character wrapping done in RenderX?

I'm copying the message that I posted to the dita-users list, please let me know if additional information is needed.

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We've been using a customized version of DITA-OT1.4.2.1 to create Japanese PDF using the Renderx engine for a while, but recently we found a character wrapping issue in the PDF, and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light.

Traditionally Japanese DTP speaking, when a punctuation or parenthesis character happens to be at the end of a line in a paragraph, there are some rules to wrap the characters. Below is an example of correctly wrapped paragraphs.

1. ああああああああああああああああああああ
   あ。あああ
2. ああああああああああああああああああああ。
   あああ
3. あああああああああああああああああああ
   (ああああ
4. ああああああああああああああああああ(あ
   あああ

But at moment I'm getting the following in the PDF:

1. ああああああああああああああああああああ
   あ。あああ
2. ああああああああああああああああああああ。
   あああ
3. あああああああああああああああああああ(
   ああああ
4. ああああああああああああああああああ(あ
   あああ

Notice that the punctuation marks are been handled correctly but the parenthesis character is not. Since the punctuation character is been handled correctly I was guessing that there might somewhere in DITA-OT to be configured, or maybe the PDF engine?

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Baiz YEH, Jih-Wei
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