Text shaping does not work with text()

[bmiklautz]

When using text() with shaping enabled like documented in
https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/Text.html and https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/TextShaping.html the created text isn't shaped.

Minimal code

from fpdf import FPDF

pdf = FPDF()
pdf.add_page()
pdf.add_font('khmer', '', 'NotoSansKhmer-Regular.ttf')
pdf.set_font('khmer', size=32)
pdf.set_text_shaping(True)
pdf.text(20,100, text="ភាសាខ្មែរ")

pdf.set_xy(20,110)
pdf.cell(text="ភាសាខ្មែរ")

pdf.set_xy(20,130)
pdf.write(None, text="ភាសាខ្មែរ")

pdf.output("hello_world.pdf")

In the example Noto Sans Khmer was used (can be downloaded from https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Khmer) but the problem occurs with other fonts as well.

The following screenshot shows the output of the example. Text placed with write() and cell() is represented correctly but text() (first line) isn't.

Environment
Please provide the following information:

• Operating System: MacOS, Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
• Python version: Python 3.10.14, Python 3.11.9, Python 3.12.4
• fpdf2 version used: master 90c7d7f

Thank you for your efforts and work on fpdf2.

[andersonhc]

Hi @bmiklautz,

The text() method is kept on the codebase for backwards compatibility, but it lacks many of the features available in write(), cell(), and multicell() like markdown and text shaping.

We could definitely add this information on our documentation to avoid confusion. Let me know if you're interested in submitting a PR.

[bmiklautz]

@andersonhc thank you for your answer. I've created #1266.