This talk is about PDF or Graphics2D? PdfGraphics2D has no setBaseFont() method.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of bodo teichmann > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [iText-questions] Re: type1 font and unicode > > i just testet BaseFont.MACROMAN > and compared the effect on german umlauts between: > > this: > PdfGraphics2D g2; > ... > BaseFont mybasefont = BaseFont.createFont(fontDir + "/" + > fontName+".ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); > myfont = new com.lowagie.text.Font(mybasefont, 12f); > g2.setBaseFont(myfont.getBaseFont()); > g2.setFontSize(myfont.size()); > and that: > BaseFont mybasefont2 = BaseFont.createFont(fontDir + "/" + > fontName + > ".afm", BaseFont.MACROMAN, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); > myfont2 = new com.lowagie.text.Font(mybasefont2, 12f); > g2.setBaseFont(myfont2.getBaseFont()); > g2.setFontSize(myfont2.size()); > > and then > g2.drawString("abcdea€öäüÖÄÜ?ß ", 15.0f, 15.0f); > > but, it does NOT work for BaseFont.MACROMAN, the umlauts just don't > appear in the output pdf. > > Kind Regards > Bodo > > > Paulo Soares schrieb: > > It works for 256 chars at a time, that's why there's an encoding. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "bodo teichmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:34 PM > > Subject: [iText-questions] Re: type1 font and unicode > > > > > > > >>Hi, > >>i don't understand how that should work. after all, java > uses unicode, > >>my text that contains those special chars are therefore encoded in > >>unicode, but MACRoman is a different encoding i suppose, so > how does the > >>transcoding from java/unicode to MacRoman work? and if yes, > does is work > >>for all unicode characters , or are there any limitations ? > >>Bodo > >> > >>Paulo Soares schrieb: > >> > >>>You don't need unicode and can't have in T1 fonts. If you use > >>>BaseFont.MACROMAN you have access to those charactres. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>>>Behalf Of bodo teichmann > >>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:58 PM > >>>>To: [email protected] > >>>>Subject: [iText-questions] type1 font and unicode > >>>> > >>>>hi, > >>>>is there any possiblity to use unicode with type1 fonts ? > >>>>the thing is: we only have type1 fonts but need to encode special > >>>>unicode characters such as german ligatures "fl" and "fi" > and others > >>>>that are available only with unicode encoding. > >>>>bodo > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > >>>>Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > >>>>real users. > >>>>Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start > reading now. > >>>>http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>iText-questions mailing list > >>>>[email protected] > >>>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>------------------------------------------------------- > >>>SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > >>>Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products > from real users. > >>>Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start > reading now. > >>>http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > >>Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > >>It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > >>_______________________________________________ > >>iText-questions mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > > It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
