Hi,
My manager has asked me to use iText to write a method
to get a font from a file so that this font will then
be used in Java classes that write to PDF files. When
I invoke this method by passing a True Type font
filename as an argument to it, it works fine and
creates a font of the same type and style as described
in the file. However, when I try to pass a file
describing a font other than a True Type font (such as
a file with .FON or .PFM extension) to it, it is
throwing the following exception:
Exception in thread "main"
com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Font 'C:\pdffonts
\intr____.pfm' with 'Cp1252' is not recognized.
at
com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont.createFont(Unknown
Source)
at
com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont.createFont(Unknown
Source)
at pdf.PdfFuncs1.GetFont(PdfFuncs1.java:17)
at pdf.PdfFuncs1.GetFont(PdfFuncs1.java:31)
at pdf.PdfTest.main(PdfTest.java:47)
The following is the code for the method being
invoked:
public class PdfFuncs1 {
private PdfFuncs1() {
}
public static com.lowagie.text.Font GetFont(String
fontFileName,
String fontFolder, String fontSize, Color fColor)
throws Throwable
{
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(fontFolder +
fontFileName, BaseFont.WINANSI,
BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
System.out.println("Font created!");
com.lowagie.text.Font font = new
com.lowagie.text.Font(bf, Float.parseFloat(fontSize));
font.setColor(fColor);
return font;
}
public static com.lowagie.text.Font GetFont(String
fontFileName,
String fontFolder, String fontSize) throws Throwable
{
return GetFont(fontFileName, fontFolder, fontSize,
new Color(0, 0, 0));
}
}
-----------------------------------------
The way I am invoking this method for a True Type font
file is:
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Statements of
Assets and Liabilities\n",
PdfFuncs1.GetFont("gara.ttf", "C:\\pdffonts\\",
"20")));
The way I am invoking this method for a Type 1 Font
file is:
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Statements of
Assets and Liabilities\n",
PdfFuncs1.GetFont("intr____.pfm", "C:\\pdffonts\\",
"20")));
As I said, this method is working fine if the name of
a True Type font file is passed as the first argument
to it but throwing an exception if the name of a
non-True Type font file is passed as the first
argument to it. Can you please tell me whether the
createFont method of BaseFont class works only with
True Type fonts and if it does, what are the
alternative approaches to make my code work with all
types of fonts (including fonts that are not True Type
fonts)?
Thanks,
Kalpana
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