It's possible to include symbol fonts. Send me privately the font and a small runnable program using the font.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Soelter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 16:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] wrong fontname generated at embedding > text > > Hello everybody, > I have a problem similar to that of Tamakoshi Hiroki. > I try to create a PDF with an embedded font. The only implemented > encoding of this font is "Symbol Character Set". > > It's a TTF - Font that seems to be identical to the "Symbol.ttf" - Font > from Windows when I look at the font properties with > "Microsoft Font Properties Extension" (the included symbols are different, > > of course). > > I can't find out, which encoding string to use in the > method BaseFont.createFont(). > All encodings implemented in iText - Basefont don't seem to > work (WINANSI, CP1252 etc.). > > The PDF is generated in Version 1.4. Acrobat reader says it > can't extract the font with a name composed from the random string > and the fonts name. > > I have no idea any more, even after looking at the PDF-spec. > Is it possible to embed a symbol-like font with iText? > > Thanks in advance, > Peter > > > > > Thank you very much, paulo. > > I'll read the PDF reference. > > sorry for my wrong estimation. > > > > best regards. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:15 PM > > > To: '??'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] wrong fontname generated at embedding > > > text > > > > > > > > > iText does the right thing. If you want explanations read the PDF > > > reference > > > in the fonts chapter. > > > Your particular problem is that your document was generated for > > > Acrobat 3.0 > > > and this version does not support TrueType fonts with Identity-H. If > you > > > change the encoding to winansi it will work. If you want it to work > > > regardless of the original pdf version use: > > > > > > PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(originalPDF, os, > > > PdfWriter.VERSION_1_4); > > > > > > to bump up the version. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Paulo Soares > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:59 > > > > To: Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] wrong fontname generated at > embedding > > > > text > > > > > > > > My question is: > > > > > > > > 1. Why the prefix of the font name is randomly generated? > > > > 2. or, why itext generates random prefix, which must not be > > neccessary. > > > > > > > > I embedded texts with the comic font, not with randomly > > > generated prefix + > > > > comic font. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:51 PM > > > > > To: '??'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] wrong fontname generated at > embedding > > > > > text > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Doesn't it work? The subset prefix (the AEGVPX+ part) is randomly > > > > > generated > > > > > as it should otherwise you wouldn't be able to insert pages > > > in Acrobat. > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > Paulo Soares > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:02 > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Subject: [iText-questions] wrong fontname generated > > > at embedding text > > > > > > > > > > > > Some PDFs cannot be dealed with itext-1.00. > > > > > > > > > > > > Attached stamper.java is a simple program to embed text into an > > > > existing > > > > > > PDF. > > > > > > If attached test0910.pdf is processed by the program, the > > > > > embedded text is > > > > > > rendered by > > > > > > AEGVPX+ComicSansMS font. > > > > > > > > > > > > The part 'AEGVPX+' is differ from processing to processing. > > > > > > This may be a bug of itext. > > > > > > > > > > > > best regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Tamakoshi Hiroki, Planet Computer, Inc. > > > > > > $B6L1[(B $BBg51(B $B!J3t!K%W%i%M%C%H%3%s%T%e!<%?(B > > > > > > > > > $B")(B113-0033$B!!El5~ETJ85~6hK\6?(B4-2-5$B!!(BMA$B%S%k(B5F$B!JEl > 5~%*%U%#%9!K(B > > > > > > TEL:03-5840-6233 FAX:03-5840-6234 > > > > > > > $B")([EMAIL PROTECTED],8);0Eg;TIgMVBf#1CzL\#6HV#2#29f!JK\<R!K(B > > > > > > TEL:0559-99-0133 FAX:0559-99-0122 > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.planetcomp.com/ << > > File: > > > > > > stamper.java >> << File: test0910.pdf >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > -- > COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test > -------------------------------------------------- > 1. 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