Re: How to add a new font

On jeu, 2004-08-05 at 12:56 -0700, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Narasingarao Kommireddi wrote:
> 
> > I need to add/show barcode of a number in my form, where the barcode
> > can be obtained by setting a certain font. How do i do that in XSL.
> 
> Since you've revealed that you're not generating a PDF, but rather an HTML
> page, your question really becomes "How do I generate the image?"
> 
> Because, unfortunately, you can't rely on the client having the correct
> typeface or overruling you on what size they'd like their text. So the
> only way to go about it is to generate an image and include that.
> 
> Without knowing what your toolchain is, it's hard to provide any further
> input than that.
> 
> So, are you trying to solve:
> 1) How to generate an image as a part of an XSLT process?
>    (I don't believe it could be done with standard XSLT, but it's entirely
> possible it could be done via some extensions, such as those I use to
> datestamp my manuscripts)

Well of course you can always generate a SVG image.

Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot