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Id: 108205
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: PDF-Create
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Owner: MANWAR [...] cpan.org
Requestors: SREZIC [...] cpan.org
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Severity: Normal
Broken in:
  • 1.15
  • 1.19
  • 1.21
Fixed in: 1.26

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  Fri Oct 30 13:13:47 2015 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: BaseFont "Symbol" is not accepted anymore
An application of mine using PDF::Create started to fail with this error: # got: 'PDF::Create.pm - font(): Received invalid value [Symbol] for key [BaseFont] at /home/e/eserte/src/bbbike/t/../BBBikeDraw/PDF.pm line 152. With PDF::Create 1.10 it worked fine. Probably "Symbol" should be accepted here, and probably the Encoding "Symbol" should also be accepted.
  Fri Oct 30 14:18:57 2015 MANWAR [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Hi Slaven, As per the pod document, PDF::Create v1.10, "The Symbol or ZapfDingbats fonts are not supported in this version.". You don't get error in v1.10 because there is no check done. In PDF::Create v1.11 or above, check is added and hence you get the error. I don't know if this should be added to the acceptable value. I will need to investigate further on this part. Many Thanks. Best Regards, Mohammad S Anwar
  Fri Oct 30 14:18:57 2015 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Fri Oct 30 14:19:03 2015 MANWAR [...] cpan.org - Taken
  Tue Nov 24 16:00:56 2015 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On 2015-10-30 14:18:57, MANWAR wrote: Show quoted text
> Hi Slaven, > > As per the pod document, PDF::Create v1.10, "The Symbol or > ZapfDingbats fonts are not supported in this version.". You don't get > error in v1.10 because there is no check done. > > In PDF::Create v1.11 or above, check is added and hence you get the > error. I don't know if this should be added to the acceptable value. I > will need to investigate further on this part.
I am using $symbolfont = $self->{PDF}->font('Subtype' => 'Type1', 'Encoding' => 'Symbol', 'BaseFont' => 'Symbol' ); since 2004 (that is, PDF::Create 0.01) and it simply works.
  Tue Nov 24 16:01:14 2015 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Broken in 1.21 added
  Tue Nov 24 16:18:33 2015 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On 2015-11-24 16:00:56, SREZIC wrote: Show quoted text
> On 2015-10-30 14:18:57, MANWAR wrote:
> > Hi Slaven, > > > > As per the pod document, PDF::Create v1.10, "The Symbol or > > ZapfDingbats fonts are not supported in this version.". You don't get > > error in v1.10 because there is no check done. > > > > In PDF::Create v1.11 or above, check is added and hence you get the > > error. I don't know if this should be added to the acceptable value. I > > will need to investigate further on this part.
> > I am using > > $symbolfont = $self->{PDF}->font('Subtype' => 'Type1', > 'Encoding' => 'Symbol', > 'BaseFont' => 'Symbol' > ); > > since 2004 (that is, PDF::Create 0.01) and it simply works.
What's indeed missing is a width mapping for the Symbol font, so string_width does not work here (but this was not relevant in my application).
  Tue Nov 24 16:26:23 2015 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On 2015-11-24 16:18:33, SREZIC wrote: Show quoted text
> On 2015-11-24 16:00:56, SREZIC wrote:
> > On 2015-10-30 14:18:57, MANWAR wrote:
> > > Hi Slaven, > > > > > > As per the pod document, PDF::Create v1.10, "The Symbol or > > > ZapfDingbats fonts are not supported in this version.". You don't > > > get > > > error in v1.10 because there is no check done. > > > > > > In PDF::Create v1.11 or above, check is added and hence you get the > > > error. I don't know if this should be added to the acceptable > > > value. I > > > will need to investigate further on this part.
> > > > I am using > > > > $symbolfont = $self->{PDF}->font('Subtype' => 'Type1', > > 'Encoding' => 'Symbol', > > 'BaseFont' => 'Symbol' > > ); > > > > since 2004 (that is, PDF::Create 0.01) and it simply works.
> > What's indeed missing is a width mapping for the Symbol font, so > string_width does not work here (but this was not relevant in my > application).
But it might be possible to create a suitable metrics module using https://metacpan.org/source/GAAS/Font-AFM-1.20/make_metrics , a Symbol.afm file and probably some tweaking for the different encoding.
  Thu Dec 31 05:20:47 2015 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On 2015-10-30 14:18:57, MANWAR wrote: Show quoted text
> Hi Slaven, > > As per the pod document, PDF::Create v1.10, "The Symbol or > ZapfDingbats fonts are not supported in this version.". You don't get > error in v1.10 because there is no check done. > > In PDF::Create v1.11 or above, check is added and hence you get the > error. I don't know if this should be added to the acceptable value. I > will need to investigate further on this part. > > Many Thanks. > > Best Regards, > Mohammad S Anwar
-> https://github.com/Manwar/pdf-create/pull/9
  Sun Jan 03 06:22:19 2016 MANWAR [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Resolved, thanks to PR from Slaven.
  Sun Jan 03 06:22:25 2016 MANWAR [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'
  Sun Jan 03 06:22:31 2016 MANWAR [...] cpan.org - Fixed in 1.26 added
  Sun Jan 03 06:23:13 2016 MANWAR [...] cpan.org - Severity Normal added