Re: [xsl] FO checkbox from 2 inline ZapfDingbat characters

["Kevin Brown" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can also use a little known trick ....

<fo:block font-size="12pt">
	<fo:inline font-family="ZapfDingbats" letter-spacing="-12pt">b</fo:inline>
	<fo:inline font-family="ZapfDingbats" baseline-shift="2pt">b</fo:inline>
</fo:block>

You set the letter-spacing to the negative value of the font-size. You may
need to also adjust the baseline-shift for larger fonts (a little larger).

Kevin Brown
RenderX


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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:23:38 +0000
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Dave Pawson <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: jacobusreyneke@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] FO checkbox from 2 inline ZapfDingbat characters
Message-ID: <20100323092338.5bc8e020@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:26:03 +0200
Jacobus Reyneke <jacobusreyneke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> I think what Karl means is that he wants to put one character on top
> of the other, ie a check mark onto a square, rather than between two
> characters. I don't know how this is done, but here are some
> alternatives:

Trust Unicode... or listen to Chris on the fop list.
Try U+2611, BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK, or U+2612, BALLOT BOX WITH X.

GIYF

> An SVG image may be a good way to go if you really need fancy drop
> shadow effects etc. I'm a novice with XSL-FO, but I have found SVG to
> be a good alternative for floating objects in XSL-FO.
>
> Dave, is there any reason one should avoid SVG or is it o.k. to mix
> and match it with XSL-FO?

No, I can only see SVG usage increasing in xsl-fo in the future.
It is so useful.

HTH

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