Hello All,
I'm facing a problem using itext (version 2.1.4, also 2.1.7) when registering
and retrieving a font using an alias:
FontFactory.register("c:\\windows\\fonts\\arial.ttf", "arial.ttf");
Font alias = FontFactory.getFont("arial.ttf");
Font original = FontFactory.getFont("arial");
System.out.println("Alias BaseFont: "+alias.getBaseFont());
System.out.println("Original BaseFont: "+original.getBaseFont());
Output:
Alias BaseFont: null
Original BaseFont: com.lowagie.text.pdf.truetypef...@186c730
Stepping through the FontFactoryImp.java I found an explanation for this
behaviour, but does not know if this is wanted.
As You can see, it is tried first to get the font via the
BaseFont.createFont(...) method.
Unfortunately running this method with the alias name throws an IOException, so
the lookup in the trueTypeFonts.getProperty is never run through.
Here is the responsible code:
BaseFont basefont = null;
try {
try {
// the font is a type 1 font or CJK font
basefont = BaseFont.createFont(fontname, encoding, embedded,
cached, null, null, true);
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
}
if (basefont == null) {
// the font is a true type font or an unknown font
fontname = trueTypeFonts.getProperty(fontname.toLowerCase());
// the font is not registered as truetype font
if (fontname == null) return new Font(Font.UNDEFINED, size,
style, color);
// the font is registered as truetype font
basefont = BaseFont.createFont(fontname, encoding, embedded,
cached, null, null);
}
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
// this shouldn't happen
throw new ExceptionConverter(de);
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
// the font is registered as a true type font, but the path was
wrong
return new Font(Font.UNDEFINED, size, style, color);
}
To fix this, the catched IOEception should be close behind the first
DocumentException.
Any other ideas?
When i put the C:\windows\fonts directory in the classpath the problem does not
occur!
Best regards
Sascha Friederich
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