The font times.ttf on my Windows system (Win XP SP2) does not contain this character. Likely this is the source of your problem.
---mr. bean Richard Thomas wrote: > > Hi > > I am trying to use iText to output a document containing the "LATIN > SMALL LETTER OPEN O" character described here: > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0254/index.htm > > Every time I try and output this character, I get a blank where I > would expect to see it. I have tried with different fonts, including > those that I have confirmed contain the character I would like to > print. > > Here is the Java I am using on Ubuntu: > > Document document = new Document(); > try { > PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new > FileOutputStream("/home/rich/test.pdf")); > document.open(); > Phrase instance = Phrase.getInstance("Test: \u0254"); > > FontFactory.register("times","/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/times.ttf"); > Font font = FontFactory.getFont("times"); > instance.setFont(font); > document.add(instance); > } catch (DocumentException de) { > System.err.println(de.getMessage()); > } catch (IOException ioe) { > System.err.println(ioe.getMessage()); > } > document.close(); > > The test.pdf file gets created, but only contains "Test:". I have > tried opening the same file on Vista, and get the same result. > > Does anyone have any ideas what I might be doing incorrectly? > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > Rich > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Output-special-character---won%27t-appear-tp20058867p20061725.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
