[cl-pdf-devel] Character encoding?

[Peter Seibel]

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?

-Peter


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