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Create PDF in another language

Added by David Loeng, last edited by Edwin Dawson [Atlassian] on May 11, 2008  (view change)
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To export a Confluence page written in another language, you will first need to install the necessary font for that language. This will basically involve uploading a font file to Confluence.

Here are the exact steps on how to do this:

1. Find the appropriate font file

Windows users

All font files in Windows are stored in a directory called 

C:\WINDOWS\Fonts

Unix users

All font files in Unix are stored in the 

/usr/share/fonts

Microsoft True Type core fonts such as Verdana can be downloaded from this page: http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

2. Copy the font file

Simply copy the file into a temporary folder (for example a folder on the Desktop).

3. Upload the file

  • Navigate to the Administration > PDF Language Support screen and upload the file you copied in step one.
  • Click 'Install'. That's it.
Please note the only font files supported are true type fonts and true type collections (file extensions are *.ttf and *.ttc).
We recommend you to use Unicode font Verdana for correct character encoding and exporting to pdf.

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Comments (6)

 

  1. May 18, 2007

    Grigorio V. Moshkin says:

    I've performed all instructions above to export PDF into Russian language (with ...

    I've performed all instructions above to export PDF into Russian language (with unicode Verdana.ttf installed).

    Really, most of the Russian text of a Confluence page appears in Russian in generated PDF too. Most, but not all the text! Russian text in the blocks like {code}, {noformat}, etc. appears in ####### charasters in a PDF generated.
    What's the matter with PDF export and Russian language?

  2. Oct 26, 2007

    Anonymous says:

    I got the same result. Please help\!

    I got the same result. Please help!

    1. Oct 29, 2007

      Mei Yan Chan says:

      Hi, It would be appreciated if you can raise a support request at

      Hi,

      It would be appreciated if you can raise a support request at http://support.atlassian.com, so that we can further investigate this issue.

      Regards,
      Mei

  3. Nov 30, 2007

    Mike Kadlec says:

    Please raise a support request, that´s envitable issue to be resolved.\\ Thanks,...

    Please raise a support request, that´s envitable issue to be resolved.

    Thanks, Mike

  4. Dec 13, 2007

    Anonymous says:

    Hi, I am a bit new to Confluence. Is it possible to display international font...

    Hi,

    I am a bit new to Confluence.

    Is it possible to display international fonts correctly inside {noformat} macro in exported PDF document?

    And one more problem - incorrect displaying of international dates in exported PDF file.

    Installing additional font does not resolve these quite ugly problems.

    It is possible to resolve (workaround in sensible way) these obvious bugs at all?

    Thanks.

    1. Dec 17, 2007

      Tony Cheah Tong Nyee says:

      Hi there, Is it possible to display international fonts correctly inside \ mac...

      Hi there,

      Is it possible to display international fonts correctly inside {noformat} macro in exported PDF document?

      To my understanding, international characters are not able to display correctly in a PDF exported format page if they were wrapped in the {code} or {noformat} macros. However, we are aware of such problem and have a bug report already being raised in our Issue Tracker system:

      Feel free to add yourself as a watcher so that you will be notified if there are any updates to the issue.

      And one more problem - incorrect displaying of international dates in exported PDF file.

      I would suggest you to raise a support ticket regarding this in our Support System:

      This will enable us to further investigate the problem that you are encountering.

      Cheers,
      Tony

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