PDF generation with non English charactors

[Bahaa Alamood]

Hello,

I have a running ofbiz 16 and everything seems to be fine, but when I
generate PDF of any thing with characters from a language other than
English I get ################ . I have looked at this post:

http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Multi-language-Support-in-PDF-Generation-Localization-in-fo-ftl-files-td4695361.html#a4701002
and
http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Cannot-print-generate-pdfs-with-INR-currency-td4668043.html#a4677150

  there was mention of 2 solutions, but really I did not find anything
on how to use these solutions to solve this problem. The first one I can
see the fonts are installed with ofbiz by default but still producing
the ######### when the PDF is generated. The second solution I do know
know how I can use the PDFBOX lib in my installation.

Can any one help please?

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It works at https://ofbiz-vm2.apache.org:18443/example/control/main use the "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu,  then in the PDF looks for NotoSans

Jacques


Le 13/01/2017 à 13:25, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :

> Hello,
>
> I have a running ofbiz 16 and everything seems to be fine, but when I generate PDF of any thing with characters from a language other than English I
> get ################ . I have looked at this post:
>
> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Multi-language-Support-in-PDF-Generation-Localization-in-fo-ftl-files-td4695361.html#a4701002
> and http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Cannot-print-generate-pdfs-with-INR-currency-td4668043.html#a4677150
>
>  there was mention of 2 solutions, but really I did not find anything on how to use these solutions to solve this problem. The first one I can see
> the fonts are installed with ofbiz by default but still producing the ######### when the PDF is generated. The second solution I do know know how I
> can use the PDFBOX lib in my installation.
>
> Can any one help please?
>

[Bahaa Alamood]

Hi Jacques,

thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with
some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive me
if I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.


On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu

[Jacques Le Roux]

Hi Bahaa,

Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a Jira
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices

Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check https://www.google.com/get/noto/

Thanks

Jacques


Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
> Hi Jacques,
>
> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive me if I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>
>
> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>

[Paul Foxworthy]

Hi Bahaa and Jacques,

DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open source font
family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic.

Cheers

Paul Foxworthy


On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Hi Bahaa,
>
> Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a Jira
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+
> Contributors+Best+Practices
>
> Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check
> https://www.google.com/get/noto/
>
> Thanks
>
> Jacques
>
>
>
> Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
>
>> Hi Jacques,
>>
>> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with
>> some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would be
>> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive me if
>> I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>>
>>
>> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>
>>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>>>
>>
>>
>

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[Bahaa Alamood]

Hello Paul,

I tried the Dejavu fonts but when you  have a mixed English ans Arabic
the Arabic words a disjointed and treated them link English print and
this is not the way Arabic works because Arabic is written like a script
and the letters join in a word. I will keep looking for a suitable font
and report back to the list. Thanks again.


On 1/13/2017 9:43 PM, Paul Foxworthy wrote:

> Hi Bahaa and Jacques,
>
> DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open source font
> family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic.
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul Foxworthy
>
>
> On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bahaa,
>>
>> Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a Jira
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+
>> Contributors+Best+Practices
>>
>> Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check
>> https://www.google.com/get/noto/
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>
>>> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with
>>> some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would be
>>> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive me if
>>> I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>
>>>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>>>>
>>>
>

[taher]

Hello Bahaa,

I think it would be best to create a JIRA so we can help you more. We might
need screenshots, patches, etc ... I might be able to help you out but we
need a place to collaborate.

Cheers,

Taher Alkhateeb

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello Paul,
>
> I tried the Dejavu fonts but when you  have a mixed English ans Arabic the
> Arabic words a disjointed and treated them link English print and this is
> not the way Arabic works because Arabic is written like a script and the
> letters join in a word. I will keep looking for a suitable font and report
> back to the list. Thanks again.
>
>
>
> On 1/13/2017 9:43 PM, Paul Foxworthy wrote:
>
>> Hi Bahaa and Jacques,
>>
>> DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open source font
>> family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Paul Foxworthy
>>
>>
>> On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux <
>> [hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bahaa,
>>>
>>> Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a Jira
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+
>>> Contributors+Best+Practices
>>>
>>> Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check
>>> https://www.google.com/get/noto/
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with
>>>> some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would be
>>>> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive
>>>> me if
>>>> I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>

[Bahaa Alamood]

Hello Taher,

I just uploaded it to the JIRA (not sure if I put it in the right place
:) ) but here is the link to the page

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/rxUIB


On 1/16/2017 7:06 AM, Taher Alkhateeb wrote:

> Hello Bahaa,
>
> I think it would be best to create a JIRA so we can help you more. We might
> need screenshots, patches, etc ... I might be able to help you out but we
> need a place to collaborate.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Taher Alkhateeb
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hello Paul,
>>
>> I tried the Dejavu fonts but when you  have a mixed English ans Arabic the
>> Arabic words a disjointed and treated them link English print and this is
>> not the way Arabic works because Arabic is written like a script and the
>> letters join in a word. I will keep looking for a suitable font and report
>> back to the list. Thanks again.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/13/2017 9:43 PM, Paul Foxworthy wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bahaa and Jacques,
>>>
>>> DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open source font
>>> family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Paul Foxworthy
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux <
>>> [hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Bahaa,
>>>> Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a Jira
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+
>>>> Contributors+Best+Practices
>>>>
>>>> Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check
>>>> https://www.google.com/get/noto/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jacques
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>>> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with
>>>>> some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would be
>>>>> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive
>>>>> me if
>>>>> I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>>>>>>

[taher]

Hello Bahaa,

I meant a JIRA issue, not a wiki, sorry for not being clear. You can
register and create a JIRA from here ->
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello Taher,
>
> I just uploaded it to the JIRA (not sure if I put it in the right place :)
> ) but here is the link to the page
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/rxUIB
>
>
>
> On 1/16/2017 7:06 AM, Taher Alkhateeb wrote:
>
>> Hello Bahaa,
>>
>> I think it would be best to create a JIRA so we can help you more. We
>> might
>> need screenshots, patches, etc ... I might be able to help you out but we
>> need a place to collaborate.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Taher Alkhateeb
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
>> [hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Paul,
>>>
>>> I tried the Dejavu fonts but when you  have a mixed English ans Arabic
>>> the
>>> Arabic words a disjointed and treated them link English print and this is
>>> not the way Arabic works because Arabic is written like a script and the
>>> letters join in a word. I will keep looking for a suitable font and
>>> report
>>> back to the list. Thanks again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/13/2017 9:43 PM, Paul Foxworthy wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Bahaa and Jacques,
>>>>
>>>> DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open source font
>>>> family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Paul Foxworthy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux <
>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Bahaa,
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a
>>>>> Jira
>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+
>>>>> Contributors+Best+Practices
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check
>>>>> https://www.google.com/get/noto/
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with
>>>>>> some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive
>>>>>> me if
>>>>>> I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

This helps when it comes to first contribution

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices

Jacques


Le 16/01/2017 à 14:40, Taher Alkhateeb a écrit :

> Hello Bahaa,
>
> I meant a JIRA issue, not a wiki, sorry for not being clear. You can
> register and create a JIRA from here ->
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hello Taher,
>>
>> I just uploaded it to the JIRA (not sure if I put it in the right place :)
>> ) but here is the link to the page
>>
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/rxUIB
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/16/2017 7:06 AM, Taher Alkhateeb wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Bahaa,
>>>
>>> I think it would be best to create a JIRA so we can help you more. We
>>> might
>>> need screenshots, patches, etc ... I might be able to help you out but we
>>> need a place to collaborate.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Taher Alkhateeb
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
>>> [hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Paul,
>>>> I tried the Dejavu fonts but when you  have a mixed English ans Arabic
>>>> the
>>>> Arabic words a disjointed and treated them link English print and this is
>>>> not the way Arabic works because Arabic is written like a script and the
>>>> letters join in a word. I will keep looking for a suitable font and
>>>> report
>>>> back to the list. Thanks again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/13/2017 9:43 PM, Paul Foxworthy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Bahaa and Jacques,
>>>>> DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open source font
>>>>> family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul Foxworthy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux <
>>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Bahaa,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you create a
>>>>>> Jira
>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+
>>>>>> Contributors+Best+Practices
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please check
>>>>>> https://www.google.com/get/noto/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned below with
>>>>>>> some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help would
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and forgive
>>>>>>> me if
>>>>>>> I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>

[Bahaa Alamood]

Hi Jacques,

thanks,

I also create a new issue and here is the link to it

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-9176


On 1/16/2017 9:04 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:

> This helps when it comes to first contribution
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices 
>
>
> Jacques
>
>
> Le 16/01/2017 à 14:40, Taher Alkhateeb a écrit :
>> Hello Bahaa,
>>
>> I meant a JIRA issue, not a wiki, sorry for not being clear. You can
>> register and create a JIRA from here ->
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
>> [hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Taher,
>>>
>>> I just uploaded it to the JIRA (not sure if I put it in the right
>>> place :)
>>> ) but here is the link to the page
>>>
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/rxUIB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/16/2017 7:06 AM, Taher Alkhateeb wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Bahaa,
>>>>
>>>> I think it would be best to create a JIRA so we can help you more. We
>>>> might
>>>> need screenshots, patches, etc ... I might be able to help you out
>>>> but we
>>>> need a place to collaborate.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Taher Alkhateeb
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bahaa Alamood <
>>>> [hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Paul,
>>>>> I tried the Dejavu fonts but when you  have a mixed English ans
>>>>> Arabic
>>>>> the
>>>>> Arabic words a disjointed and treated them link English print and
>>>>> this is
>>>>> not the way Arabic works because Arabic is written like a script
>>>>> and the
>>>>> letters join in a word. I will keep looking for a suitable font and
>>>>> report
>>>>> back to the list. Thanks again.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/13/2017 9:43 PM, Paul Foxworthy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Bahaa and Jacques,
>>>>>> DejaVu (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) is a free and open
>>>>>> source font
>>>>>> family with a wide range of Unicode characters, including Arabic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul Foxworthy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14 January 2017 at 06:07, Jacques Le Roux <
>>>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Bahaa,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry the ASF MLs does not allow attachments. I suggest you
>>>>>>> create a
>>>>>>> Jira
>>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+
>>>>>>> Contributors+Best+Practices
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe Arabic characters are not in NotoSans I uploaded, please
>>>>>>> check
>>>>>>> https://www.google.com/get/noto/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Le 13/01/2017 à 15:09, Bahaa Alamood a écrit :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thanks for the reply, I tried on the VM you  have mentioned
>>>>>>>> below with
>>>>>>>> some arabic characters and the result was as attached. Any help
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> greatly appreciated.  I have to mention I am new to Ofbiz and
>>>>>>>> forgive
>>>>>>>> me if
>>>>>>>> I do not get some of the abbreviations of the project.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 1/13/2017 8:09 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "FOP fonts in a PDF" menu
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>