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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: DOCBOOK: Invisible tech symbols
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Doug du Boulay wrote: ]>> The file is well-formed and valid, it produces nice .html and .pdf but ]>> some symbols ("forall" and "and") are invisible (pdf) or look like ]>> small squares (html). Why is it so and how can I fix it ? ]> ]>I dont know what the official answer is, but for html, what I do is ]>replace all the unknown character entities with inline gifs. a) Change the character set to either UTF-8 or UTF-16. b) Add a line to the head section indicating that fact. c) Use SED or PERL to change all the docbook character entitites to UTF-8 or UTF-16 character entities. d) Trust that your visitors are using browsers that understand XML, XHTML and CSS. That only works with HTML. I can't help with the pdf stuff. xan jonathon -- http://www.eskimo.com/~yijing/index.html ******** If this email is sent to a list hosted at Topica.Com I will not see _any_ replies, as Topica.Com is listed in SPEWS for their persistent spamming, and stated intenetion of never requiring confirmed opt-in on the lists that they do host. Topica.Com obviously does not care that 35% of the internet is now permanently closed to them.
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