Re: Fonts in Linux environment

Smells like a permission problem to me. If auto-detect doesn't work, it
might actually be the same thing. If FOP cannot load the file, it cannot
make the fonts available.

On 02.12.2008 21:21:37 Ashish Baijal wrote:
> Thanks for the reply
> 
> The metrics file is not present in root. I had truncated the path for the
> forums.
> 
> I made the change of removing the metric file. I got the following error
> 
> [2008-12-02 14:07:23,467] [pool-1-thread-1] ERROR LazyFont - Failed to read
> font metrics file null
> java.io.IOException: Cannot load font: failed to create InputStream from
> Source for font file /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/Arial.ttf
>         at org.apache.fop.fonts.FontLoader.openFontUri(FontLoader.java:143)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.fonts.truetype.TTFFontLoader.read(TTFFontLoader.java:54)
>         at org.apache.fop.fonts.FontLoader.getFont(FontLoader.java:164)
>         at org.apache.fop.fonts.FontLoader.loadFont(FontLoader.java:113)
>         at org.apache.fop.fonts.LazyFont.load(LazyFont.java:126)
>         at org.apache.fop.fonts.LazyFont.getAscender(LazyFont.java:233)
>         at org.apache.fop.fonts.Font.getAscender(Font.java:96)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockLayoutManager.initialize(BlockLayoutManager.java:87)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.AbstractLayoutManager.getChildLM(AbstractLayoutManager.java:118)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.FlowLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(FlowLayoutManager.java:77)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageBreaker.getNextKnuthElements(PageBreaker.java:145)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.AbstractBreaker.getNextBlockList(AbstractBreaker.java:552)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageBreaker.getNextBlockList(PageBreaker.java:137)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.AbstractBreaker.doLayout(AbstractBreaker.java:302)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.AbstractBreaker.doLayout(AbstractBreaker.java:264)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageSequenceLayoutManager.activateLayout(PageSequenceLayoutManager.java:106)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.area.AreaTreeHandler.endPageSequence(AreaTreeHandler.java:234)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.fo.pagination.PageSequence.endOfNode(PageSequence.java:123)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.endElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:340)
>         at
> org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.endElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:169)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.ResultTreeHandler.endElement(ResultTreeHandler.java:309)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:716)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2339)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:710)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.transformSelectedNodes(ElemApplyTemplates.java:425)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.execute(ElemApplyTemplates.java:216)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2339)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.applyTemplateToNode(TransformerImpl.java:2160)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transformNode(TransformerImpl.java:1213)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:668)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:1129)
>         at
> org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:1107)
>         at
> com.marsh.itg.ddeepa.services.blocal.blogic.document.utils.FopDocumentRenderSystem.renderDocument(FopDocumentRenderSystem.java:159)
>         at
> com.marsh.itg.ddeepa.services.blocal.blogic.document.utils.RenderSystemDocumentRenderer$RenderSystemInputStreamProvider$1.run(RenderSystemDocumentRenderer.java:75)
>         at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:650)
>         at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:675)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
> 
> The new Config file is
>    <font embed-url="/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/Arial.ttf">
>           <font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
>           <font-triplet name="ArialMT" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
>           <font-triplet name="arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
>         </font>
> 
> If I use the auto-detect option only (commenting other details) I get the
> following warning. PDF gets printed but the Font is Times.
> 
> [2008-12-02 14:12:58,331] [pool-1-thread-3] WARN  FontInfo - Font
> 'Arial,normal,400' not found. Substituting with 'any,normal,400'.
> 
> Thanks for the help
> 
> Ashish
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jeremias Maerki <dev@jeremias-maerki.ch>wrote:
> 
> >
> > On 02.12.2008 19:56:11 Ashish Baijal wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am creating a PDF in my application using XSL:FO
> > >
> > > Following are working perfectly in Windows server but when I deploy in
> > linux
> > > environment, the generation fails.
> > >
> > > FOP Version : 0.95
> > >
> > > *Config file *
> > > <fonts>
> > >  <!-- Windows Dev environment configuration
> > >           <font metrics-url="/Arial.xml" kerning="yes"
> > > embed-url="file:///C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/arial.ttf">
> > >           <font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="ArialMT" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> > >         </font>
> > >        <font metrics-url="/ArialB.xml" kerning="yes"
> > > embed-url="file:///C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/arialbd.ttf">
> > >           <font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="ArialMT" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="arial" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> > >         </font>     -->
> > > <!-- UAT Configuration        -->
> > >    <font metrics-url="/Arial.xml" kerning="yes"
> >
> > Is that your intention to have Arial.xml in the root of the Unix file
> > tree? Maybe that's your mistake?
> >
> > BTW, with FOP 0.95 you don't need to create XML font metrics files
> > anymore. You can simply do this:
> >
> > <font embed-url="/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/Arial.ttf">
> >   <font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> >  <font-triplet name="ArialMT" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> >  <font-triplet name="arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> > </font>
> >
> > or even skip all the individual font registrations and use:
> >
> > <auto-detect/>
> >
> > as explained here:
> > http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/fonts.html#custom
> >
> > > embed-url="/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/Arial.ttf">
> > >           <font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="ArialMT" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
> > >         </font>
> > >        <font metrics-url="/ArialB.xml" kerning="yes"
> > > embed-url="/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/Arial-Bold.ttf">
> > >           <font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="ArialMT" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> > >           <font-triplet name="arial" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
> > >        </font>
> > >        <auto-detect/>
> > >       </fonts>
> > >
> > > *In XSL file*
> > > For Normal display
> > >                             <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="Arial11"
> > > xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags">
> > >                                 <fo:leader/>
> > >                             </fo:block>
> > > For Bold Display
> > >
> > >                             <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="Arial11"
> > > font-weight="bold"
> > xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags">
> > >                                 <fo:leader/>
> > >                             </fo:block>
> > >
> > >   <xsl:attribute-set name="Arial11" >
> > >       <xsl:attribute name="font-size">0.95em</xsl:attribute>
> > >       <xsl:attribute name="font-family">Arial</xsl:attribute>
> > >       <xsl:attribute name="display-align">center</xsl:attribute>
> > >       <xsl:attribute name="language">EN-US</xsl:attribute>
> > >   </xsl:attribute-set>
> > > *
> > > On Console*
> > >
> > > [2008-12-02 12:23:01,915] [pool-1-thread-12] ERROR
> > FopDocumentRenderSystem -
> > > javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.xml.sax.SAXException:
> > > Mismatch: page-sequence (http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format) vs. root (
> > > http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format)
> > > Exception in thread "pool-1-thread-12"
> > >
> > com.marsh.itg.ddeepa.services.contract.bobject.exception.LogicExecutionException:
> > > org.xml.sax.SAXException: Mismatch: page-sequence (
> > > http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format) vs. root (
> > > http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format)
> > >         at
> > >
> > com..blogic.document.utils.FopDocumentRenderSystem.renderDocument(FopDocumentRenderSystem.java:164)
> > >         at
> > >
> > com..blogic.document.utils.RenderSystemDocumentRenderer$RenderSystemInputStreamProvider$1.run(RenderSystemDocumentRenderer.java:75)
> > >         at
> > >
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:650)
> > >         at
> > >
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:675)
> > >         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
> >
> > For this error, the following FAQ entry might help:
> > http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/faq.html#saxexception-mismatch
> >
> > > Metrics URL is created using the following command
> > >
> > > java -cp
> > >
> > ./fop-0.95-1.jar:./xmlgraphics-commons-1.3.1.jar:commons-logging-1.0.4.jar:./commons-io-1.3.1.jar
> > > org.apache.fop.fonts.apps.TTFReader  -enc ansi
> > > /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/Arial.ttf Arial.xml
> > >
> > > I tried to generate the file using with and without the -enc option. On
> > > windows I found that only the file created with -enc works. Without the
> > > option I get font error when PDF is generated on Windows and only dots
> > > appear.
> >
> > Since you're on FOP 0.95 I'd really avoid TTFReader. It just makes the
> > stuff more complicated than necessary.
> >
> > > The autodetect feature loads all the fonts but substitute with "any"
> > before
> > > displaying.
> >
> > Some things to check:
> > - Are you sure that the configuration file has the right format (I've
> > only seen a snippet above)?
> > - And is the configuration file properly given to FOP?
> > - Do you have an older FOP still in the classpath?
> >
> > > Please help me with this issue. I have spent hours on it without any
> > > success.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Ashish Baijal
> >
> > BTW, for FOP-specific support it's a good idea to use the
> > FOP Users Mailing List:
> > http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/maillist.html#fop-user
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Jeremias Märki
> > _________________________________________________________
> > Jeremias Märki, Software-Development and Consulting
> > Contact Information: http://www.jeremias-maerki.ch/contact.html
> > Blog: http://www.jeremias-maerki.ch/blog/
> >
> >
> >




Best regards,
Jeremias Märki
_________________________________________________________
Jeremias Märki, Software-Development and Consulting
Contact Information: http://www.jeremias-maerki.ch/contact.html
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