[publican-list] [Bug 462206] New: RFE: please support "check" and "cross" characters in PDF

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Summary: RFE: please support "check" and "cross" characters in PDF

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462206

           Summary: RFE: please support "check" and "cross" characters in
                    PDF
           Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
           Version: 5.2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: low
          Priority: low
         Component: publican
        AssignedTo: jfearn at redhat.com
        ReportedBy: mmcallis at redhat.com
         QAContact: mhideo at redhat.com
                CC: publican-list at redhat.com
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
    Classification: Red Hat


Created an attachment (id=316679)
 --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=316679)
results from make html and make pdf

Description of problem:

"✓" and "✗" appear as squares in PDF builds. Works in HTML.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.2 (Tikanga)
* publican-0.37-0.el5
* saxon-6.5.5-1jpp.3.el5
* fop-0.95-0.2.beta1.rh1.el5
* evince-0.6.0-8.el5
* Firefox 3.0.1 (from <http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/>)

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Use "✓" and "✗" in a document.
2. make html-en-US; make pdf-en-US

Actual results:

* check and cross characters appear in HTML build.
* squares where check and cross characters should be in PDF build.

See results.tar.gz for HTML and PDF output images.

Expected results:
* check and cross characters in PDF, please.

Additional info:

* issue is not brand-dependent.

* occurs when used in and out of tables.

* the HTML and HTML-single outputs from a document with "✓" and "✗"
are XHTML 1.0 Strict according to <http://validator.w3.org/>.

* <http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/specs/wd-docbook-xmlcharent-0.3.html>

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