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∟Apache FOP Font Configurations

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on Apache FOP font configurations. Topics include Apache configuration file; generic font mapping; auto-detecting Windows font definitions; using SimHei font for Chinese characters.

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FOP Auto-Detecting Fonts

Using SimHei Font for Chinese Characters

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Takeaways:

• By default, Apache FOP does not use any configuration file. It only supports 3 XSL-FO generic fonts: sans-serif, serif and monospace.
• Apache FOP can take a configuration file. A sample is located at \fop\conf\fop.xconf.
• Apache FOP auto detect fonts from Windows system using the "auto-detect" configuration setting.
• Apache can auto detect SimHei font to support Chinese characters. But SimHei bold is not available on Windows.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of XSL-FO

 Apache™ FOP (Formatting Objects Processor)

 RenderX XEP as an XSL-FO Tool

 Introduction of Area Model

 XSL-FO Document Basics and Examples

 Page Layout Masters

 Block-Level Formatting Objects

 Inline-Level Formatting Objects

 Including Graphics in XSL-FO document

 Table of Rows and Columns

 List, Item, Label, and Body

 Floating Blocks - "float" and "footnote"

 Hyperlinks, Table of Contents and Indexes

 Headers and Footers using "static-content"

 Font Attributes and Font Families

►Apache FOP Font Configurations

 RenderX XEP Font Configurations

 Converting HTML to PDF

 References

 Full Version in PDF/ePUB

Apache FOP Font Configurations - Updated in 2023, by Herong Yang