Error writing a text object that contains an umlaut - 'ā'

[thabrlawrenz]

Hi, you may have answered this before, but I just cant get this working.
I am using composer

composer = HexaPDF::Composer.new(page_size: :A4, margin: page_margin)

then when I try and draw a text object with text containing "ā" using HexaPDF::Layout::TextFragment.create(text_title ...

I receive this error:

HexaPDF::Error (Used Type1 encoding has no codepoint for :amacron)

I have tried all sorts of config options to make this work, just cant get it to draw text that contains characters with umlauts: ā, ö.
An suggestions please?

[gettalong]

First, I'm not sure why you are manually creating a TextFragment instance. If you are using the composer, you can just write composer.text(...). Alternatively, it is better to use composer.document.layout.text_fragments so that you get all benefits, like fallback font support.

As for the error itself: You need to use a font that has glyphs for the codepoints you want to show. It seems that you are using one of the built-in standard PDF fonts. They only provide a very small subset of glyphs. It is better to use a TrueType font. See e.g. the composer tutorial for details.

[thabrlawrenz]

Yep ok that makes sense. I tried with loading the font map as indicated in the composer tutorial with NotoSans and it worked great. Thanks for your help.