[iText-questions] Question about Itext lib on Chinese characters

[Rick]

----- Original Message ----- From: Rick To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:32 PM Subject: Question about Itext lib on Chinese characters HI,   I am a java programer who is using Itext as a lib to generate PDF files.   The lib works fine, but I have a question about Far East language.   I noticed that, if I want to output traditional Chinese  into PDF, BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("MHei-Medium", "UniCNS-UCS2-H", BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); or BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("MSung-Light ", "UniCNS-UCS2-H", BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); to create basefont upon which to gernerate a font.Then I can output Chinese.   But my questions are: 1.If I want to use true-type font to display Chinese in other styles, how to create basefont?     I have tried to create basefont and fill the second parameter as abvol,but seems not work. 2.If I want to use other Chinese other than Big5 and Simple Chinese, say HongKong Chinese(There are some characters unique to HongKong), how can I do?   Thanks for you information!       MHei-Medium and MSung-Light with the encodings UniCNS-UCS2-H and UniCNS-UCS2-V   Best Regards   Rick   Tel:  +86 20 3765 0936 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] China Electronic Information Technology LTD.