Hi Mark, thank you for your reply. I also think that there is something
wrong with the font. Could you please tell me what exactly is wrong with the
font? Also, is there a way to fix the font using some sort of font editing
software?
Sincerely,
Mir
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Mark Storer <[email protected]> wrote:
> My first instinct is to blame the font. I selected the text in the PDF
> you attached and a fair portion of the loop of the 'd' is outside the
> selection's box... which isn't a good sign. OTOH It's hard to tell for sure
> but it looks like the bottom of the Y would fit into the selection's box,
> and that box drops below the bottom of the cell.
>
> I'm still inclined to blame the font.
>
> --Mark Storer
> Senior Software Engineer
> Cardiff.com
>
> import legalese.Disclaimer;
> Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null;
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Mir Tanvir Hossain [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:42 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [iText-questions] iText Text Chopping Issue with Embedded Fonts
>
> Hello everyone, this is my first email to this list. I am trying to use
> iText to create pdfs with simple text using different fonts. I am having an
> issue with the text being chopped off when I try to align the text based on
> ascender and descender. I have attached the pdf in question with this email
> so that everyone can take a look. I am using the following function to
> create the pdf. If anyone please help me with suggestions on how to prevent
> the text chopping issue, I'd really appreciate that.
>
> public void createPdf() throws DocumentException, IOException {
> FontFactory.registerDirectory("/var/fonts/", true);
>
> String text = "yfd";
> float width = 100;
> float height = 50;
> float fontSize = 20;
> String fontName = "SquarePegROB";
>
> Font font = FontFactory.getFont(fontName, "", BaseFont.EMBEDDED,
> fontSize, 0, new BaseColor(new Color(0, 0, 0)));
>
> Paragraph contentParagraph = new Paragraph(text, font);
> contentParagraph.setLeading(fontSize * 1.2f);
>
> Document doc = new Document(new Rectangle(width, height));
> doc.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
>
> FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream( new
> File("/home/mhossain/itext/pdfs/pdftest.pdf"));
> PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, fos);
>
> PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
> table.setWidthPercentage(100);
> table.setTotalWidth(width);
> table.setLockedWidth(true);
> table.setSpacingBefore(0);
> table.setSpacingAfter(0);
>
> PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(contentParagraph);
> cell.setColspan(1);
> cell.setFixedHeight(height);
> cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_BOTTOM);
> cell.setUseAscender(true);
> cell.setUseDescender(true);
> cell.setPadding(0);
>
> table.addCell(cell);
>
> doc.open();
> doc.add(table);
> doc.close();
>
> fos.close();
> }
>
> Sincerely,
> Mir
>
>
>
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