[cl-pdf-devel] Character encoding?

[Peter Seibel]

Bah, this is probably really a cl-typesetting question.


Peter Seibel wrote:
> So let's say I'm using a Lisp that uses Unicode strings. I have some 
> strings that contain characters such as u+2018 and u+2019 (i.e. curly 
> quotes). If I'm using a non-Unicode font there are no font metrics for 
> those code points and I get an array index error if I try to render 
> those strings. But if I translate those to the corresponding cp-1252 
> code points. On the other hand if I *am* using a Unicode font, I want to 
> leave the strings alone. Would it make sense for cl-pdf, knowing what 
> font is being used at the moment, to do this translation for me or not, 
> as needed? If so, where's the best place for that to happen? In PUT-STRING?

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