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12-22-2004, 22:00

Norman L. DeForest wrote:

> This may be a case of the blind leading the blind as I am totally
> unfamiliar with PDF file formats or whatever language you used but
> your mentioning getting a theta instead of an e-acute gives me a
> bit of a clue as to a possible cause of your problem.

This is being discussed at comp.text.pdf. You are on the right track. To
understand the actual solution to the problem, you would need to know a
little about the PDF spec. The character encoding is specified in the
PDF file. The OP did not specify a character set, and the default
character set has a different character at char(233).

12-22-2004, 22:00	#4 (permalink)
Scott Bryce Civilians	Re: pdf class; write pdf files on fly Norman L. DeForest wrote: > This may be a case of the blind leading the blind as I am totally > unfamiliar with PDF file formats or whatever language you used but > your mentioning getting a theta instead of an e-acute gives me a > bit of a clue as to a possible cause of your problem. This is being discussed at comp.text.pdf. You are on the right track. To understand the actual solution to the problem, you would need to know a little about the PDF spec. The character encoding is specified in the PDF file. The OP did not specify a character set, and the default character set has a different character at char(233).