From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-03-31T16:13:31+09:00
Subject: Re: PDF Writer UTF-8 Support

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:48:16 +0900, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 30, 2005 5:57 PM, Brian Schr�der <ruby.brian@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm having a hard time getting PDF Writer to output my UTF-8 encoded
> > text correctly. Has anybody around here got some tips for me?
> 
> Unfortunately, PDF::Writer needs "help" understanding UTF-8 input and
> I have been focussing on a number of basic feature changes before
> making this "easy" as it also makes a difference as how each font is
> handled.
> 
> I am hoping to have PDF::Writer 1.0 out -- with documentation on how
> to do this at all -- in the next two weeks or so. I apologise for the
> inconvenience.
> 
> -austin
> --
> Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com
>                * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca
> 
> 

Thanks for your reply, austin,

Is there any possibility to output UTF-8 encoded text right know? I
need no fancy fonts or formating, just some plain text output at
specific x-y corrdinates.

best regards and thanks for the great library,

brian

-- 
Brian Schr�der
http://ruby.brian-schroeder.de/