@@ -47,17 +47,6 @@ module Prawn # string provided by the user. We should convert it to WinAnsi or # MacRoman or some such. - # if we're running under a M17n aware VM, ensure the string provided is - # UTF-8 or can be converted to UTF-8 - if text.respond_to?(:force_encoding) - begin - text = text.force_encoding("UTF-8") - rescue - raise ArgumentError, 'Strings must be supplied with a UTF-8 ' + - 'encoding, or an encoding that can be converted to UTF-8' - end - end - # ensure a valid font is selected font "Helvetica" unless fonts[@font] lib/prawn/document/text.rb 8a71d1818605ba698181922b2dd8cf0b9dc93f93 Gregory Brown gregory.t.brown@gmail.com http://github.com/sandal/prawn/commit/a9b66627259f2d42f41a1ca07d9432941f5f2d79 a9b66627259f2d42f41a1ca07d9432941f5f2d79 2008-06-24T22:56:53-07:00 2008-06-24T22:56:53-07:00 Forcing the encoding doesn't really translate it at the byte level, so let's pull out this feature for now 5a2ed118731b79aeff5cf3aca71bfc66e5a004b2 Gregory Brown gregory.t.brown@gmail.com