[xep-support] Re: multi-language support using XEP

[Kevin Brown]

*	We do have xep.xml configured to load the Arial MS Unicode font in which the glyph does exist in that font. 

 

How do you know this is correct? Please send your xep.xml lines where you have included the font including all pathing. Also include a screen shot of your directory that the font is located in. And finally include the relative xsl fo showing you are specifying that font. Note: Arial Unicode MS is a font which requires a license to use. You should own this license if you intend to use it and even then it is not recommended. The copyright notice for the font is very large and legally required to be inserted into the output. RenderX respects this and will insert the copyright information *even if you are only using one character of that font*. We have had customers complain that using one smiley face increases the output PDF size by 100kb. This is because the copyright notice must be inserted into the PDF output (something other formatters may not do).

 

*	I did find the following thread from 2015 where it was mentioned Hindi/Devanagari is not supported.  Is that still the case or was support added in newer versions of Xep?

 

It takes more than just a font to support Indic languages. The formatter engine must support advanced ligatures and glyph reshaping to properly format those languages. 

RenderX does not include support for Indic languages.

 

Kevin Brown

RenderX

 

 

 

From: Xep-support <xep-support-bounces at renderx.com> On Behalf Of Eric Sirois
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 7:43 AM
To: 'xep-support at renderx.com' <xep-support at renderx.com>
Subject: [xep-support] multi-language support using XEP

 

Hi,

 

A client of ours would like to have multi-language content show up in their PDFs, but they are getting blank boxes instead.  We do have xep.xml configured to load the Arial MS Unicode font in which the glyph does exist in that font.  I did find the following thread from 2015 where it was mentioned Hindi/Devanagari is not supported.  Is that still the case or was support added in newer versions of Xep?

 

 <http://services.renderx.com/lists/xep-support/7405.html> http://services.renderx.com/lists/xep-support/7405.html

 

Éric Sirois

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