> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Warren [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 13:56
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [iText-questions] Unicode fonts via PDFGraphics2D
>
> I am trying to generate graphics for inclusion in PDFs which contain
> the infinity symbol (unicode 0x221E).
>
> I can get this to work in a normal paragraph:
>
> BaseFont myFont = BaseFont.createFont(
> "/home/shared/drop/fonts/arialuni.ttf",
> BaseFont.IDENTITY_H,
> BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
>
> document.add(
> new Paragraph(
> "Infinity: \u221e",
> new com.lowagie.text.Font(myFont, 12,
> com.lowagie.text.Font.NORMAL)));
>
> but I can't get this to work via the Graphics 2D interface. From
> looking at other mails on this list I understand that I need to tweak
> the font mapper:
>
> DefaultFontMapper mapper = new DefaultFontMapper();
> mapper.insertDirectory("/home/shared/drop/fonts");
> DefaultFontMapper.BaseFontParameters pp =
> mapper.getBaseFontParameters("Arial Unicode MS");
> if (pp != null) {
> pp.encoding = BaseFont.IDENTITY_H;
> }
>
> What I can't do is actually select and use this font via the Graphics 2D
> interface. I found part of a thread in the mailing list archives (which
> is where I got the above code) but I couldn't find the beginning of the
> thread.
>
The purpose of the FonfMapper is to map a PDF font to a awt font.
This implies that there is a awt font to start with. You'll have to find out
how are the fonts registered in Unix. In Windows, all the system fonts are
automatically registered and I suspect that it's the same in Unix with the X
fonts. If you can't register the font you may replace any awt font with:
mapper.putName("sansserif", pp);
> A non-itext related problem that I have is that we will not be able to
> distribute the MS Arial Unicode font as part of our application. Can
> anyone suggest an alternative source for a font containing the infinity
> symbol?
>
All the standard Windows fonts have that symbol.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> cheers,
>
> Paul
>
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