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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Frank Fischer
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [iText-questions] problem choosing charset in pdf
> 
> Hi list
>  
> i have a problem with charsets. It's the first time ever i 
> have to deal with charsets, so my basic knowledge of how 
> charsets are working is a little bit small. So i would be 
> very thankfull for a little advice.
>  
> I have created a pdf and that works fine so far. Now in the 
> pdf i have to use a (swiss) german charset since i have to 
> print names and addresses containing special chars like "ä" 
> or "é". So i set the charset to Cp1252 (Latin1):
>  
>  
> PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
> cb.beginText();
> BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, 
> BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
> cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 10);
> int abstand_adressat = 65;
> cb.showTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_LEFT, company, 
> getHorizontalPosition(linkerRand), 
> getVerticalPosition(abstand_adressat), 0);
> cb.endText();
>  
> Unfortunally the output is not as expected. I.e. instead of 
> "ü" i get "ü".
>

Looks like you're saving the source as UTF-8 and compiling as Cp1252.

Paulo
  
> The java app runs on a Windows 2000 Server ENGLISH, but the 
> swiss german charset is loaded and activated (meaning when 
> creating a new text document i can type "ä" and so on).
> Another thing i experienced, is, that instead of HELVETICA, 
> which obv. is not installed in the system, windows uses ARIAL 
> to display the text in the pdf (at least it states so in the 
> pdf properties). But, when change to Times Roman in the java 
> app, the effect remains the same, so i think it has nothing 
> to do with the font substitution.
>  
> Does anyone has an idea what the problem could be?
>  
>  
> Thanks a lot for your help,
>  
> Frank
> 


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