[FX.php List] FPDF

[Dale Bengston]

Right! It also serves the purpose of making fonts consistent on  
whatever platform you happen to have FPDF and PHP parked on, as well  
as the user's platform. FPDF is not the easiest thing to work with,  
but the results are very nice. It allows for a lot better control  
over what someone can "print" from a web page.

I have probably mentioned before that I'm using FPDF to lay  
customization (text and graphics) on standard publication pages,  
stationery templates and the like. The design standards, font usage  
and color requirements are very exacting. FPDF and FPDI work very  
well for these purposes.

Dale

On Sep 24, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, Dale.
>
> So then there should be no difference between a PDF generated  
> through a Mac browser and one generated through a PC browser --  
> when both are connecting to the same server (& that server's FPDF/ 
> font directory), right?  That's good to know.  (And certainly  
> different from Mac vs. PC FMP clients, which *do* print slightly  
> differently, even when the file is hosted on the same FMServer...   
> maybe there's a cross-platform printing fix/standardization in  
> there somewhere...)
>
> Best,
> -Joel
>
>
> On Sep 24, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>
>> Hey Joel,
>>
>> FPDF uses the fonts that are in its "font" folder. If you're using  
>> any of the standard fonts that come with FPDF, you are subject to  
>> the metrics of those versions. If you want to use anything besides  
>> the default fonts, you'll have to render your own. This process is  
>> documented (though poorly, in my opinion) along with FPDF.
>>
>> I can't imagine why this would behave differently because of the  
>> computing platform being used by the person logged into your site.  
>> I have not experienced this with my FPDF implementations, but then  
>> I am always using my own versions of fonts.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:24 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Jonathan
>>>
>>> I'd looked into FPDF for the report card solution I developed a  
>>> couple yrs ago.  The district's templates were *very* tightly fit  
>>> onto the page.  I was able to carefully reproduce their Word  
>>> template in FMP so it all fit for printing, but it seemed like it  
>>> would have been a BIG project to get PDFs generated that would  
>>> fit consistently.  As both David and Dale said, it's *not* just a  
>>> matter of spitting out the data -- you need to manually place  
>>> each item using x & y coordinates (ugh!).
>>>
>>> (Another issue that came up -- when printing from FMP -- was that  
>>> the amount of text that fit into the teacher's comment area was  
>>> different on PC vs. Mac.  I wonder if using FPDF uses the OS of  
>>> the user's workstation, or the OS of the FMServer, for fonts.   
>>> Does anybody know?)
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> -Joel
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 24, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I have a quick turnaround project and need advice whether I can  
>>>> count on FPDF.
>>>>
>>>> The project is to update a fmp client based report card system  
>>>> in my local school district with a web based FMP fx.php one.  By  
>>>> the way...they are using FMP 3.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Input is no problem.  Output is the issue.  I'd like to exactly  
>>>> reproduce the existing report card format that FMP produces.   
>>>> Seems like I need to go with FPDF.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any warnings/caveats/etc?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
>>>> PS...what I wouldn't give for access to this system if I were  
>>>> still in grade school.
>>>>
>>>> if(Name == "Jonathan Schwartz", substitute(substitute(substitute 
>>>> (substitute(substitute(grade, "F", "A"),"D","A"),"C","A"), "B",  
>>>> "A"), "A", "A+")
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>> Exit 445 Group
>>>> jonathan at exit445.com
>>>> http://www.exit445.com
>>>> 415-381-1852
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