wkhtmltopdf displaying text as blocks
We're using wkhtmltopdf in a web project (nodejs/compoundjs). We've gotten it working how we wanted on our machines (using the --use-xserver switch). However, when I try to run this on our Ubuntu server 12.04 (without the ubuntu-desktop package), the PDF cannot use the switch. When we disable the switch, the PDF displays any characters as blocks (image below).
How do I resolve this without installing ubuntu-desktop and running x server?
I've found liberation fonts, which installing ttf-liberation and fonts-liberation did not help. And urw-fonts, but I have yet to find an Ubuntu equivalent.
EDIT: It just hit me, this doesn't matter if I'm on the server or not. On my development machine (Ubuntu 13.04 desktop), I can run the following, which produces the same blocks:
wkhtmltopdf http://google.com google1.pdf
While this prints out the pdf properly:
wkhtmltopdf --use-xserver http://google.com google2.pdf
My version of wkhtmltopdf is 0.12.0.
fonts pdf wkhtmltopdf
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
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asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
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We're using wkhtmltopdf in a web project (nodejs/compoundjs). We've gotten it working how we wanted on our machines (using the --use-xserver switch). However, when I try to run this on our Ubuntu server 12.04 (without the ubuntu-desktop package), the PDF cannot use the switch. When we disable the switch, the PDF displays any characters as blocks (image below).
How do I resolve this without installing ubuntu-desktop and running x server?
I've found liberation fonts, which installing ttf-liberation and fonts-liberation did not help. And urw-fonts, but I have yet to find an Ubuntu equivalent.
EDIT: It just hit me, this doesn't matter if I'm on the server or not. On my development machine (Ubuntu 13.04 desktop), I can run the following, which produces the same blocks:
wkhtmltopdf http://google.com google1.pdf
While this prints out the pdf properly:
wkhtmltopdf --use-xserver http://google.com google2.pdf
My version of wkhtmltopdf is 0.12.0.
fonts pdf wkhtmltopdf
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
6,896165275
asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
making3making3
12126
I've just learned that PhantomJS also supports capturing to PDF, if that helps at all.
– ændrük
Nov 8 '13 at 21:42
@ændrük, Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard of it as well, but we've used wkhtmltopdf in other projects (.NET/Windows Server) and already have this implemented to how we like it.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 22:08
add a comment |
We're using wkhtmltopdf in a web project (nodejs/compoundjs). We've gotten it working how we wanted on our machines (using the --use-xserver switch). However, when I try to run this on our Ubuntu server 12.04 (without the ubuntu-desktop package), the PDF cannot use the switch. When we disable the switch, the PDF displays any characters as blocks (image below).
How do I resolve this without installing ubuntu-desktop and running x server?
I've found liberation fonts, which installing ttf-liberation and fonts-liberation did not help. And urw-fonts, but I have yet to find an Ubuntu equivalent.
EDIT: It just hit me, this doesn't matter if I'm on the server or not. On my development machine (Ubuntu 13.04 desktop), I can run the following, which produces the same blocks:
wkhtmltopdf http://google.com google1.pdf
While this prints out the pdf properly:
wkhtmltopdf --use-xserver http://google.com google2.pdf
My version of wkhtmltopdf is 0.12.0.
fonts pdf wkhtmltopdf
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
6,896165275
asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
making3making3
12126
We're using wkhtmltopdf in a web project (nodejs/compoundjs). We've gotten it working how we wanted on our machines (using the --use-xserver switch). However, when I try to run this on our Ubuntu server 12.04 (without the ubuntu-desktop package), the PDF cannot use the switch. When we disable the switch, the PDF displays any characters as blocks (image below).
How do I resolve this without installing ubuntu-desktop and running x server?
I've found liberation fonts, which installing ttf-liberation and fonts-liberation did not help. And urw-fonts, but I have yet to find an Ubuntu equivalent.
EDIT: It just hit me, this doesn't matter if I'm on the server or not. On my development machine (Ubuntu 13.04 desktop), I can run the following, which produces the same blocks:
wkhtmltopdf http://google.com google1.pdf
While this prints out the pdf properly:
wkhtmltopdf --use-xserver http://google.com google2.pdf
My version of wkhtmltopdf is 0.12.0.
fonts pdf wkhtmltopdf
fonts pdf wkhtmltopdf
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
6,896165275
asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
making3making3
12126
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
6,896165275
asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
making3making3
12126
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
6,896165275
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
6,896165275
edited Sep 25 '17 at 8:01
Martin Thoma
6,896165275
6,896165275
asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
making3making3
12126
asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
making3making3
12126
asked Oct 23 '13 at 18:56
making3making3
12126
12126
I've just learned that PhantomJS also supports capturing to PDF, if that helps at all.
– ændrük
Nov 8 '13 at 21:42
@ændrük, Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard of it as well, but we've used wkhtmltopdf in other projects (.NET/Windows Server) and already have this implemented to how we like it.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 22:08
add a comment |
I've just learned that PhantomJS also supports capturing to PDF, if that helps at all.
– ændrük
Nov 8 '13 at 21:42
@ændrük, Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard of it as well, but we've used wkhtmltopdf in other projects (.NET/Windows Server) and already have this implemented to how we like it.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 22:08
I've just learned that PhantomJS also supports capturing to PDF, if that helps at all.
– ændrük
Nov 8 '13 at 21:42
I've just learned that PhantomJS also supports capturing to PDF, if that helps at all.
– ændrük
Nov 8 '13 at 21:42
@ændrük, Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard of it as well, but we've used wkhtmltopdf in other projects (.NET/Windows Server) and already have this implemented to how we like it.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 22:08
@ændrük, Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard of it as well, but we've used wkhtmltopdf in other projects (.NET/Windows Server) and already have this implemented to how we like it.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 22:08
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This bug report suggests that wkhtmltopdf just needs whatever xorg-x11-fonts provides:
$ wajig list-installed xfonts
xfonts-base
xfonts-encodings
xfonts-mathml
xfonts-scalable
xfonts-utils
So try installing those. Note that you'll pull in several X dependencies, but not the server itself.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
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answered Nov 8 '13 at 21:30
ændrükændrük
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I have all of these xfonts on my dev machine and it gives the same results. I'm looking into trying to find the correct xfonts package through the package manager.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 21:50
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In fact wkhtmltopdf on linux requires quite a lot of Xorg as mentioned on the project page:
(Linux) No longer requires an XServer to be running (however the X11 client libs must be installed)
You should install the client libs as well.
answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:04
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This bug report suggests that wkhtmltopdf just needs whatever xorg-x11-fonts provides:
$ wajig list-installed xfonts
xfonts-base
xfonts-encodings
xfonts-mathml
xfonts-scalable
xfonts-utils
So try installing those. Note that you'll pull in several X dependencies, but not the server itself.
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I have all of these xfonts on my dev machine and it gives the same results. I'm looking into trying to find the correct xfonts package through the package manager.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 21:50
add a comment |
This bug report suggests that wkhtmltopdf just needs whatever xorg-x11-fonts provides:
$ wajig list-installed xfonts
xfonts-base
xfonts-encodings
xfonts-mathml
xfonts-scalable
xfonts-utils
So try installing those. Note that you'll pull in several X dependencies, but not the server itself.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
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answered Nov 8 '13 at 21:30
ændrükændrük
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I have all of these xfonts on my dev machine and it gives the same results. I'm looking into trying to find the correct xfonts package through the package manager.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 21:50
add a comment |
This bug report suggests that wkhtmltopdf just needs whatever xorg-x11-fonts provides:
$ wajig list-installed xfonts
xfonts-base
xfonts-encodings
xfonts-mathml
xfonts-scalable
xfonts-utils
So try installing those. Note that you'll pull in several X dependencies, but not the server itself.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
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answered Nov 8 '13 at 21:30
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This bug report suggests that wkhtmltopdf just needs whatever xorg-x11-fonts provides:
$ wajig list-installed xfonts
xfonts-base
xfonts-encodings
xfonts-mathml
xfonts-scalable
xfonts-utils
So try installing those. Note that you'll pull in several X dependencies, but not the server itself.
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I have all of these xfonts on my dev machine and it gives the same results. I'm looking into trying to find the correct xfonts package through the package manager.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 21:50
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I have all of these xfonts on my dev machine and it gives the same results. I'm looking into trying to find the correct xfonts package through the package manager.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 21:50
I have all of these xfonts on my dev machine and it gives the same results. I'm looking into trying to find the correct xfonts package through the package manager.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 21:50
I have all of these xfonts on my dev machine and it gives the same results. I'm looking into trying to find the correct xfonts package through the package manager.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 21:50
add a comment |
In fact wkhtmltopdf on linux requires quite a lot of Xorg as mentioned on the project page:
(Linux) No longer requires an XServer to be running (however the X11 client libs must be installed)
You should install the client libs as well.
answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:04
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In fact wkhtmltopdf on linux requires quite a lot of Xorg as mentioned on the project page:
(Linux) No longer requires an XServer to be running (however the X11 client libs must be installed)
You should install the client libs as well.
answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:04
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In fact wkhtmltopdf on linux requires quite a lot of Xorg as mentioned on the project page:
(Linux) No longer requires an XServer to be running (however the X11 client libs must be installed)
You should install the client libs as well.
answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:04
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In fact wkhtmltopdf on linux requires quite a lot of Xorg as mentioned on the project page:
(Linux) No longer requires an XServer to be running (however the X11 client libs must be installed)
You should install the client libs as well.
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I've just learned that PhantomJS also supports capturing to PDF, if that helps at all.
– ændrük
Nov 8 '13 at 21:42
@ændrük, Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard of it as well, but we've used wkhtmltopdf in other projects (.NET/Windows Server) and already have this implemented to how we like it.
– making3
Nov 8 '13 at 22:08