> -----Original Message----- > From: David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 5:52 PM > To: Paulo Soares > Cc: 'itext' > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] FontFactory.getFont("Times", > ...) needs codepage > > The italic part didn't surprise me - just that the > getFont(... IDENTITY_H > ...) didn't work. > > Is there a fast way to determine if for a font name I can get > an IDENTITY_H > font? What's hurting me is that it is a lot of processing > time for it to > throw the exception on the getFont() call when it can't map it.
FontFactory is an utility. Unless you're using the xml parsing you can create your own version of FontFactory to reject the encoding. > > Also, can't it map Times to Times New Roman to get a TTF font > in this case? No. Create your own FontFactory, copy the existing one and make your changes. Best Regards, Paulo Soares > > Thanks - dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 10:27 AM > To: David Thielen; itext > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] FontFactory.getFont("Times", ...) needs > codepage > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Thielen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "itext" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 17:01 > Subject: [iText-questions] FontFactory.getFont("Times", ...) > needs codepage > > > > Hi; > > > > > > > > This code throws an exception: > > > > Font font = FontFactory.getFont("Times", > BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true, 24.0, > > 2); > > > > Built-in fonts can't have Identity-H. That only works for TTF or OTF. > > > > > > > This code gives me a font that is "Times-Italic": > > > > Font font = FontFactory.getFont("Times", "Cp1252", true, 24.0, 2); > > > > Isn't that a surprise... If you had bothered to see the javadocs for > getFont(String fontname, String encoding, boolean embedded, > float size, int > style) > > you'd noticed that the last parameter is the style and that > the number 2 is, > surprise, Font.ITALIC. You can't throw numbers and expect > nothing to happen. > > Best Regards, > Paulo Soares > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
