Note lack of support for Chinese, Arabic and other multi-codepage fonts

3 files changed, 42 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a337744..8a3a1cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Package gofpdf implements a PDF document generator with high level support for
 text, drawing and images.
 
-## Features
+##Features
 
 * Choice of measurement unit, page format and margins
 * Page header and footer management
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ text, drawing and images.
 * Barcodes
 
 gofpdf has no dependencies other than the Go standard library. All tests pass
-on Linux, Mac and Windows platforms. Like FPDF version 1.7, from which gofpdf
-is derived, this package does not yet support UTF-8 fonts. However, support is
-provided to translate UTF-8 runes to code page encodings.
+on Linux, Mac and Windows platforms.
+
+Like FPDF version 1.7, from which gofpdf is derived, this package does not yet
+support UTF-8 fonts. In particular, languages that require more than one code
+page such as Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic are not currently supported. This is
+explained in [issue 109](https://github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf/issues/109). However, support is provided to automatically translate
+UTF-8 runes to code page encodings for languages that have fewer than 256
+glyphs.
+
+##Installation
 
-## Installation
 
 To install the package on your system, run
 
@@ -47,7 +53,8 @@ Later, to receive updates, run
 go get -u -v github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf/...
 ```
 
-## Quick Start
+##Quick Start
+
 
 The following Go code generates a simple PDF file.
 
@@ -62,7 +69,8 @@ err := pdf.OutputFileAndClose("hello.pdf")
 See the functions in the [fpdf_test.go](https://github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf/blob/master/fpdf_test.go) file (shown as examples in this
 documentation) for more advanced PDF examples.
 
-## Errors
+##Errors
+
 
 If an error occurs in an Fpdf method, an internal error field is set. After
 this occurs, Fpdf method calls typically return without performing any
@@ -76,7 +84,8 @@ method. At any time during the life cycle of the Fpdf instance, the error state
 can be determined with a call to Ok() or Err(). The error itself can be
 retrieved with a call to Error().
 
-## Conversion Notes
+##Conversion Notes
+
 
 This package is a relatively straightforward translation from the original [FPDF](http://www.fpdf.org/) library written in PHP (despite the caveat in the introduction to [Effective
 Go](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html)). The API names have been retained even though the Go idiom would suggest
@@ -93,7 +102,8 @@ that are passed to them; in these cases additional methods have been exported
 to provide similar functionality. Font definition files are produced in JSON
 rather than PHP.
 
-## Example PDFs
+##Example PDFs
+
 
 A side effect of running "go test ./..." is the production of a number of
 example PDFs. These can be found in the gofpdf/pdf directory after the tests
@@ -116,7 +126,8 @@ the internal creation timestamps must be the same. To do this, the methods
 SetCatalogSort() and SetCreationDate() need to be called for both files. This
 is done automatically for all examples.
 
-## Nonstandard Fonts
+##Nonstandard Fonts
+
 
 Nothing special is required to use the standard PDF fonts (courier, helvetica,
 times, zapfdingbats) in your documents other than calling SetFont().
@@ -138,13 +149,15 @@ standard fonts, SetFont() to begin using it. Most examples, including the
 package example, demonstrate this method. Good sources of free, open-source
 fonts include [Google Fonts](http://www.google.com/fonts/) and [DejaVu Fonts](http://dejavu-fonts.org/).
 
-## Related Packages
+##Related Packages
+
 
 The [draw2d](https://github.com/llgcode/draw2d) package is a two dimensional
 vector graphics library that can generate output in different forms. It uses
 gofpdf for its document production mode.
 
-## Contributing Changes
+##Contributing Changes
+
 
 gofpdf is a global community effort and you are invited to make it even better.
 If you have implemented a new feature or corrected a problem, please consider
@@ -166,12 +179,14 @@ Here are guidelines for making submissions. Your change should
 [Pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) work
 nicely as a means of contributing your changes.
 
-## License
+##License
+
 
 gofpdf is released under the MIT License. It is copyrighted by Kurt Jung and
 the contributors acknowledged below.
 
-## Acknowledgments
+##Acknowledgments
+
 
 This package's code and documentation are closely derived from the [FPDF](http://www.fpdf.org/) library created by Olivier Plathey, and a number of font and
 image resources are copied directly from it. Drawing support is adapted from
@@ -202,8 +217,10 @@ for setting DPI manually and then having it properly taken into account when
 calculating image size. Paulo Coutinho provided support for static embedded
 fonts. Bruno Michel has provided valuable assistance with the code.
 
-## Roadmap
+##Roadmap
 
 * Handle UTF-8 source text natively. Until then, automatic translation of
 UTF-8 runes to code page bytes is provided.
 * Improve test coverage as reported by the coverage tool.
+
+
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index c7cf5da..ac079ff 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Kurt Jung (Gmail: kurt.w.jung)
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Kurt Jung (Gmail: kurt.w.jung)
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@ Features
 • Barcodes
 
 gofpdf has no dependencies other than the Go standard library. All tests pass
-on Linux, Mac and Windows platforms. Like FPDF version 1.7, from which gofpdf
-is derived, this package does not yet support UTF-8 fonts. However, support is
-provided to translate UTF-8 runes to code page encodings.
+on Linux, Mac and Windows platforms.
+
+Like FPDF version 1.7, from which gofpdf is derived, this package does not yet
+support UTF-8 fonts. In particular, languages that require more than one code
+page such as Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic are not currently supported. This is
+explained in issue 109. However, support is provided to automatically translate
+UTF-8 runes to code page encodings for languages that have fewer than 256
+glyphs.
 
 Installation
 
diff --git a/mkdoc b/mkdoc
index 71294d7..e2787cd 100755
--- a/mkdoc
+++ b/mkdoc
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ cat README.md | tr '\n' '\v' | sed \
   -e 's/test.coverage.(\(https:\/\/blog\.golang\.org\/cover\))/[test coverage](\1)/g' \
   -e 's/Pull.requests.(\(https:\/\/help\.github\.com\/articles\/using\-pull\-requests\/\))/[Pull requests](\1)/g' \
   -e 's/Your change should\v/Your change should\v\v/g' \
+  -e 's/issue 109/[issue 109](https:\/\/github.com\/jung-kurt\/gofpdf\/issues\/109)/g' \
   | tr '\v' '\n' > _0 
 mv _0 README.md