There is one wrong assumption and an error in your code. You assume that
times.ttf has the character and it may not have (if it's the same file as in
Windows it doesn't have, try arialuni.ttf instead). The code error is in
FontFactory.getFont("times") that defaults to the Winansi encoding which won't
work even if the character exists in the font file. Use the encoding Identity-H
instead.
Paulo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:22 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [iText-questions] Output special character - won't appear
>
> 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/msttco
> refonts/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
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