[WG: I18N & L10N] Non-latin characters are not supported in PDF file

[DAVID ROLDAN MARTINEZ]

Hi all,

Thanks to Gao Jun we have discovered that PDF functionalities included in several Sakai tools are not supporting non-latin characters. Instead of them, when a japanese/chinese or arabic character is found, PDF shows it as #.

Gao has proposed a solution that works. You'll find it at https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-21908. The only drawback I've found is that is needs to include a new setting at sakai.properties with the font you want to use at PDF generation. If that font is not available within your deployment a latin one is used.

>From my point of view,this solution is good (as it is transparent for latin-alphabet users) but I would like to get your feedback before to proceed.

Thank you very much in advance.

Cheers,
Dr. David Roldán Martínez
Sakai CLE QA lead for i18n
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain