Hello, could anyone download the ttf font?. Any help would be very appreciated since It seems that a Barcode 128 can´t be generated using fonts.
Regards, Claudia. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Claudia Murialdo <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry about the previous link it doesn't work, I uploaded the barcode here > http://www.usaupload.net/d/5qpza92olsd > > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Claudia Murialdo <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Paulo, I tried what you suggested and in that way the generated code is >> more similar to the one I see when I use Word. But it is still different >> (the extremes are a bit different and It is a problem for the barcode reader >> device). >> I uploaded the ttf at http://uploading.com/files/d435c82m/PF.ttf/ >> Try to print only the character Š, it appears as 3 vertical bars in the >> generated pdf but in fact it should be 4 bars (if you see it in word or in >> Character Map tool of Windows once you have installed the font you can see >> this character has 4 bars). >> >> Thanks for your help and prompt response. >> Regards, >> Claudia. >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Paulo Soares <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> You may have success using WINANSI encoding and >>> BaseFont.setDirectTextToByte(true). It looks like your font has a flag >>> that >>> makes it symbolic but then uses chars outside 00-ff as a symbolic font >>> should do. As I don't have the font, this is my best guess. >>> >>> Paulo >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Claudia Murialdo" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:17 PM >>> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Barcode128 PDF start and stop characters >>> don´t appear >>> >>> >>> > Paulo, with reference to your response: "Maybe those characters don't >>> > exist in the font or are invisible" >>> > I checked it and those characters do exist, I checked it using >>> > Character >>> > Map of Windows, for instance the character Š in font BarCode 128 has a >>> > valid symbol (which are 4 vertical bars and it is the character Latin >>> > Capital Letter S With Caron U+0160 ). >>> > >>> > While debugging itext source code I see the text is encoded using this >>> > line: >>> > PdfEncodings.ConvertToBytes(text, "symboltt"); which goes to >>> > SymbolTTConversion.CharToByte and in that function characters like Š >>> > are >>> > removed: >>> > >>> > for (int k = 0; k < len; ++k) { >>> > char c = ch[k]; >>> > if ((c & 0xff00) == 0 || (c & 0xff00) == 0xf000) //it >>> > doesn't happen for Š so it is ignored >>> > b[ptr++] = (byte)c; >>> > } >>> > >>> > Why this character is ignored in that code?. It is a valid character >>> > for >>> > Code128 font. >>> > >>> > Any help would be appreciated. >>> > Regards, >>> > Claudia. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Claudia Murialdo >>> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > I have another example of a valid text for Barcode 128: >>> > "‰A)'=_Xwè!-Wè>èè1F0èBÀ~UŠ" >>> > It corresponds to the string >>> > 33090729635687000113550030000017381600349594 >>> > converted to Barcode 128. >>> > It has checksum and start and stop characters. It is ok in word when I >>> > use >>> > Barcode 128 font. But it is incomplete (the start and stop characters >>> > don't appear) in the generated PDF. >>> > This is my source code: >>> > >>> > >>> > Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(780, 525); >>> > Document document = new Document(pageSize); >>> > >>> > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, >>> > File.OpenWrite("Test.pdf")); >>> > document.Open(); >>> > >>> > PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent; >>> > BaseFont bf = >>> > BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\bcode128.ttf", >>> > BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, >>> > BaseFont.EMBEDDED); >>> > >>> > cb.SetFontAndSize(bf, 50); >>> > cb.BeginText(); >>> > cb.ShowTextAligned(Element.ALIGN_CENTER, >>> > "‰A)'=_Xwè!-Wè>èè1F0èBÀ~UŠ", 200, 400, 0f); >>> > cb.EndText(); >>> > document.Close(); >>> > >>> > What do you think that could be the problem?. >>> > Regards, >>> > Claudia. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Claudia Murialdo >>> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > Paulo, I did another test with a string of characters which has a >>> > checksum, and it seems to be ok. If I write those characters in Word >>> > with >>> > the "PF Barcode 128" font I see the barcode is ok (see >>> > CompleteBarcode.rtf) . >>> > But the same string (which is in text.txt) appears incomplete in the >>> > PDF >>> > generated using itext (IncompleteBarcode.pdf). The start and stop >>> > characters are not visible. I'm not sure what else to try. >>> > What else do you think could be the problem?. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Claudia Murialdo >>> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > Ok. Thank you. I'm going to check that. >>> > Regards, >>> > Claudia. >>> > >>> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Paulo Soares >>> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > Maybe those characters don't exist in the font or are invisible. If >>> > that's >>> > a >>> > code128 font you'll also need to calculate the checksum and put another >>> > character or characters, it's quite complex. I don't see how this is an >>> > iText related problem. >>> > >>> > Paulo >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Claudia Murialdo" >>> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > To: >>> > >>> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:54 PM >>> > Subject: [iText-questions] Barcode128 PDF start and stop characters >>> > don´t >>> > appear >>> > >>> > >>> >> Hello, >>> >> I'm using itext to generate a PDF document with a BarCode128. The >>> >> problem >>> >> is that the start and stop characters (characters 135 and 138) are not >>> >> printed. It works fine if I do it using iTextSharp.text.pdf.Barcode128 >>> >> instead of PdfContentByte using the true type font. >>> >> This is the code: >>> >> >>> >> public static void Main(String[] args) >>> >> { >>> >> Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(780, 525); >>> >> Document document = new Document(pageSize); >>> >> >>> >> PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, >>> >> File.OpenWrite("Test.pdf")); >>> >> document.Open(); >>> >> >>> >> PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent; >>> >> BaseFont bf = >>> >> BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\Bcode128.ttf", >>> >> BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); >>> >> cb.SetFontAndSize(bf, 50); >>> >> cb.BeginText(); >>> >> cb.ShowTextAligned(Element.ALIGN_CENTER, "‡BARCODE7Š", 200, >>> >> 350, >>> >> 0f); //Character ‡ and Š don't appear in the generated PDF document >>> >> >>> >> cb.EndText(); >>> >> >>> >> document.Close(); >>> >> } >>> >> >>> >> I tried with the unicode numbers (I tried with this string: >>> >> "\u01c2BARCODE7\u0160") but it is the same. >>> >> Also, bf.CharExists('‡') returns false, and the same for >>> >> bf.CharExists('Š'). I guess it is related with the problem. >>> >> >>> >> How can I get those start and stop characters printed using >>> >> PdfContentByte?. >>> >> Thanks in advance. >>> >> Claudia. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and >>> easy >>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> iText-questions mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >>> >>> Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php >>> Check the site with examples before you ask questions: >>> http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ >>> You can also search the keywords list: >>> http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
