Thanks a lot Mauran. After I set the default appearance on the text field on which I need to set the Unicode, it worked! I also had to set the setNeedAppearances to true() to make it work.
> 2. Will the .ttf file currently in sources of / > > pdfbox/src/main/resources/org/apache/pdfbox/resources/ttf/ be packaged > with > > the final PDFBox jar? or the developers have to load it externally? > Yes, A clarification question, when you said yes for the above question, did you mean that the .TTF file will be packaged along with the final PDFBox jar file? Also, is there a way through which multiple .ttf files can be loaded and used since a single .ttf file will not support all Unicode characters/multiple languages that we need to support? Thanks in advance, Rakshit On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Am 18.08.2015 um 00:49 schrieb Rakshit Ashtekar <[email protected]>: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am using PDFBox 2.0 dev snapshot to support Unicode characters. I have > > few questions: > > > > I want to write an existing PDF file which have few PDTextField with > > Unicode characters. > > > > I am using PDType0Font to load an external .ttf file > > (Arial-Unicode-Regular.ttf) and setting the new font object to the > > PDResources. Code snippet below: > > > > PDType0Font font = PDType0Font.load(pdfDocument, new > > File("Arial-Unicode-Regular.ttf")); > > // Add and set the resources and default appearance at the form level > > PDResources res = new PDResources(); > > COSName fontName = res.add(font); > > acroForm.setDefaultResources(res); > > String da = "/" + fontName.getName() + " 12 Tf 0 g"; > > acroForm.setDefaultAppearance(da); > > > > But I am getting below exception > > java.io.IOException: Could not find font: /CourierNewPSMT > > at > > > org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAppearanceString.getFont(PDAppearanceString.java:126) > > the reason is very likely that the field you are trying to fill has a > default appearance where the font is set to CourierNewPSMT. You need to > also set the default appearance for the field to use the loaded font. > > If you could upload your file to a public location I can take a closer > look. > > > > > I saw a similar ticket - > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2848 > > > > *My questions:* > > 1. Does PDFBox 2.0 supports Unicode characters values to be set on an > > existing PDF file which has PDTextField using setValue(String value) of > the > > PDTextField? I saw an example where Unicode characters are supported but > > that PDF is created from scratch and it did not have AcroForms. > > Unicode for field values is supported as of PDFBox 2.0 > > > > > 2. Will the .ttf file currently in sources of / > > pdfbox/src/main/resources/org/apache/pdfbox/resources/ttf/ be packaged > with > > the final PDFBox jar? or the developers have to load it externally? > > Yes, > > BR > Maruan > > > > > Appreciate your help. > > > > Thanks, > > Rakshit > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
