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# encoding: utf-8
#
# Multilingualization isn't much of a problem on Prawn as its default encoding
# is UTF-8. The only thing you need to worry about is if the font support the
# glyphs of your language.
#
require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),
                                   %w[.. example_helper]))

filename = File.basename(__FILE__).gsub('.rb', '.pdf')
Prawn::ManualBuilder::Example.generate(filename) do
  text "Take this example, a simple Euro sign:"
  text "€", :size => 32
  move_down 20

  text "This works, because €  is one of the few " +
       "non-ASCII glyphs supported in PDF built-in fonts."

  move_down 20

  text "For full internationalized text support, we need to use TTF fonts:"
  move_down 20

  font("#{Prawn::DATADIR}/fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf") do
    text "ὕαλον ϕαγεῖν δύναμαι· τοῦτο οὔ με βλάπτει."
    text "There you go."
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
prawn-2.1.0	manual/text/utf8.rb
prawn-2.0.2	manual/text/utf8.rb