See the example free_chart.java in my site. You have now also the option of
creating a PdfGraphics2D that will produce the fonts as shapes; the font
mapper is not needed.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> -Original Message-
> From: Erwin Achermann [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 15:16
> To: iText (E-Mail)
> Subject: [iText-questions] Encoding used by DefaultFontMapper
>
> Hi iText'ers,
>
> I came across the following problem: printing Unicode with
> (Graphics2D)g.drawString() works fine on screen for all unicodes, but not
> using PdfGraphics2D class. I figured that this is due to the fact that the
> DefaultFontMapper used in PdfGraphics2D uses the font encoding CP1252. No
> means are provided to set the font encoding explicitly. I tried to write
> my own DefaultFontManager (which had the encoding for the basefonts set to
> IDENTITY_H or IDENTITY_V [what's the difference or reason for the two
> identities, anyhow]) but this leads (run the attached example) to the
> following exception, (encoding in DefaultFontMapper is set to
> BaseFont.IDENTITY_H)
>
> ExceptionConverter: com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Identity-H
> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.Type1Font.(Type1Font.java:252)
> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.java:360)
> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.java:313)
> at
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.DefaultFontMapper.awtToPdf(DefaultFontMapper.java:125
> )
> at
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfGraphics2D.getCachedBaseFont(PdfGraphics2D.java:51
> 4)
> at
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfGraphics2D.setFont(PdfGraphics2D.java:508)
> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfGraphics2D.(PdfGraphics2D.java:140)
> at
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte.createGraphics(PdfContentByte.java:216
> 8)
> at
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte.createGraphics(PdfContentByte.java:215
> 7)
> at DerivedScreen.(DerivedScreen.java:50)
> at DerivedScreen.main(DerivedScreen.java:72)
>
>
> This stack trace raises several questions:
> Why is it trying to create a Type1Font? I'm only using arial.ttf, don't I?
>
> What would be the proposed way to give the user a chance for changing the
> encoding?
> The best (most convenient for the user) would be, if
> PdfGraphics2D.drawString() would switch encoding (and associated BaseFont)
> if a Unicode character outside the current encoding is encountered. Are
> there any means for that?
>
> Thanks for any help and cheers
> Erwin
>
>
>
>
> << File: DerivedScreen.java >>
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