Okay, I've got it: use the string from character index not the Unicode. D'oh!
Thanks again Paulo AlanK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paulo Soares Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2006 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [iText-questions] TrueTypeFont displays wrong characters I don't see where's the problem. Some character will produce a glyph. Did you expect another glyph? And if so why? Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:14 PM Subject: RE: [iText-questions] TrueTypeFont displays wrong characters > Thank you for looking at this Paulo. > > I still can't see how to set the font's symbolic flag - I can't find a > method for "setting" a Font font in PdfContentByte. Is it sufficient to > just > create a Font from the BaseFont? Should I be using some other means of > adding the character to the template? > > Cheers > AlanK > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paulo > Soares > Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2006 2:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] TrueTypeFont displays wrong characters > > Looks good to me although the font should be symbolic. This code: > > Document doc = new Document(PageSize.A4); > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new > FileStream("c:\\test456.pdf",FileMode.Create)); > doc.Open(); > BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont("c:\\esri_12.ttf", > BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true); > Font ff = new Font(bf, 24); > PdfPTable t = new PdfPTable(16); > t.WidthPercentage = 100; > t.DefaultCell.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER; > for (int k = 0; k < 256; ++k) { > String s = new String((char)k, 1); > t.AddCell(new Phrase(s, ff)); > } > doc.Add(t); > doc.Close(); > > produces the attached pdf. There's one other char at \u2219 that is not > represented here. > > Paulo > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan >> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:24 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] TrueTypeFont displays wrong characters >> >> Thanks Paulo, >> I've been looking closer at the PDF spec and now realise where the six >> characters are coming from. >> >> My code is creating templates from individual characters and >> then painting >> the templates multiple times. >> >> The font code is below: >> PdfTemplate template = cb.CreateTemplate(100, 100); >> BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(pathBuilder.ToString(), >> BaseFont.IDENTITY_H , BaseFont.EMBEDDED); >> string uCode = String.Format(@"\u{0:x4}", cms.CharacterIndex); >> float size = (float)fnt.Size; >> float width = bf.GetWidthPoint(uCode, size); >> template.BeginText(); >> template.SetFontAndSize(bf,size); >> template.SetRGBColorFill(rgbColour.Red, rgbColour.Green, >> rgbColour.Blue); >> template.SetTextMatrix(0,0); >> template.ShowTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_CENTER, uCode, >> 50, 50,0); >> template.EndText(); >> >> Cheers >> AlanK >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Paulo >> Soares >> Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2006 7:40 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] TrueTypeFont displays wrong characters >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:33 AM >> Subject: [iText-questions] TrueTypeFont displays wrong characters >> >> >> >I am writing various symbol characters from a number of True >> Type Fonts as >> > templates to a PDF page. >> > >> > >> > >> > The code is finding the correct file and Unicode character >> but the wrong >> > character is being painted to the page - the characters >> being painted >> > don't >> > even appear in the font. >> > >> > The only clue I have is that the font names in the FONTS >> Dictionary have a >> > BaseFont Name "TNGJDP+ESRINIMADNCPT" while the font >> identifies itself as >> > "ESRI NIMA DNC PT". >> > >> > >> > >> > Does anyone have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? >> > >> >> You'd be amazed at the number of TT fonts, even from >> reputable sources, that >> >> have broken cmaps. You'll have to post the font and the way >> you are using it >> >> so that another hack can be put in iText. >> >> Paulo >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web >> services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >> easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on >> Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; >> dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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