You have to use a font AND ENCODING that support the rightarrow. I always suggest "Identity H". BaseFont.IDENTITY_H. If a character exists in the font, Identity H will let you use it.
--Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff.com import legalese.Disclaimer; Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null; > -----Original Message----- > From: Yannic [mailto:y.togne...@free.fr] > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:11 AM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: [iText-questions] how to ouput the unicode right arrow? > > Hi all, > > I'm using a quite old version of itext (itext-2.0.6.jar) in eclipse > 3.4.2 under windows vista. The jvm i'm using is the 1.6.0_12 > > i'm trying to write an unicode symbol in a pdf pfile: the rightarrow > that is \u2192 (i even tried the \u21a6 code) > > i wrote some simple code (see the end of this message) and > what i got is: > > the System.ouput says true so i assume that the font i'm > building contains the symbol i wanted. But the pdf file > contains only the interrogation point (see the small attached > file) instead of the right arrow i was expected > > As i though that it could come from the old package i was > using, i code the same thing with the latest itext version > (that is iText-5.0.6.jar) and get the same result. > > so, i obviously miss a point but i don't see which one. I > also failed to get any usefull clue with google. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you > > Yannic > > > > > package test; > > import java.io.File; > import java.io.FileNotFoundException; > import java.io.FileOutputStream; > import java.io.IOException; > > import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk; > import com.itextpdf.text.Document; > import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; > import com.itextpdf.text.Font; > import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize; > import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase; > import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont; > import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell; > import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; > import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; > > public class UnicodeOouput { > > public static void main(String[] inA) { > > File f = new File("test_unicode_arrow.pdf"); > int colCount = 3; > PdfPTable datatable = new PdfPTable(colCount); > Document document = new > Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(), 2, 2, 20, 10); > > try { > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, > new FileOutputStream(f)); > document.open(); > for (int i = 0; i < colCount; i++) > datatable.addCell("Col" + i); > > try { > BaseFont bf = > BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.COURIER_BOLDOBLIQUE, > BaseFont.CP1250, true); > Font font = new Font(bf); > System.out.println(bf.charExists('\u2192')); > Phrase p = new Phrase("\u2192", font); > datatable.addCell(new PdfPCell(p)); > System.out.println(bf.charExists('\u21A6')); > p = new Phrase("\u21A6", font); > datatable.addCell(new PdfPCell(p)); > Chunk c = new Chunk('\u2192', font); > p = new Phrase(c); > datatable.addCell(new PdfPCell(p)); > > } catch (IOException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > document.add(datatable); > document.close(); > } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } catch (DocumentException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > } > } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
