PrinceXML not working for unicode

johnpeterm · June 13, 2018, 6:55am

I have book on unicode character, different language than english,When I export using PrinceXML, it is not exporting the content, but exporting strange charaters

ned · June 13, 2018, 11:55am

You can include fonts for additional languages and scripts by going to Appearance → Theme Options → Global Options and selecting the desired languages/scripts. If what you are looking for isn’t there, let us know.

johnpeterm · June 13, 2018, 2:14pm

Thank you @ned I have selected the Font and exported again, but the problem still persist, still the strange characters are exported.

johnpeterm · June 19, 2018, 5:53am

Appreciate, if solution is suggested…

dac.chartrand · June 19, 2018, 2:38pm

Export an XHTML and open it in a web browser. Does it do the same thing?

Tools:

pdffonts: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix_commands/pdffonts.htm
Libre Office Draw: https://www.libreoffice.org/

Open the generated PDF in one of those two tools and check if the fonts are embedded. The font-family property has several font names as a “fallback” system. If the first font is not found, or does not contain a character, then it tries the next font. It is possible the path to the tamil font is not found when exporting (open_basedir restriction in effect?)

johnpeterm · August 9, 2018, 7:33am

This (open_basedir restriction in effect), problem is solved.

I have generated new PDF with Prince xml, again the strange characters exported instead of actual character.

Exported the book as XHTML and open with Libre Office Draw: https://www.libreoffice.org/ it works perfectly fine and the browser as well.

Export the book as PDF and open with Libre Office Draw: https://www.libreoffice.org, it shows strange characters and original text is not displayed.

ned · August 9, 2018, 10:36am

Did you enable the language your are using in Appearance → Theme Options → Global → Language & Script support? Are you getting any error messages in the export logs? (Go to Settings → Export and turn on the option which emails you error logs.)

johnpeterm · August 9, 2018, 11:17am

Thank you @ned, It works once we enable language and script.

ned · August 9, 2018, 11:23am

This was what I suggested first… PrinceXML not working for unicode

omshivaprakash · September 25, 2020, 9:19pm

Seeing this problem on release 5.16.2. Tried to remove the language quote and put it back. no luck

johnpeterm · September 26, 2020, 4:39am

This should solve your problem

Did you enable the language your are using in Appearance → Theme Options → Global → Language & Script support? Are you getting any error messages in the export logs? (Go to Settings → Export and turn on the option which emails you error logs.)