The getFontName() returns the actual font name used. If it returns "dialog" it's not
finding the "Gill Sans" font. The following snippet will give you all the fonts in
your system.
GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
Font fonts[] = ge.getAllFonts();
for (int k = 0; k < fonts.length; ++k)
System.out.println(fonts[k].getFontName() + " * " + fonts[k].toString());
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Thorsten Sch�lein
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:05 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [iText-questions] Embed ttf fonts and use PdfGraphics2D
>
> Hi,
>
> my application needs several external TrueType fonts, supplied by the
> appropriate ttf-files. It is no problem to create a BaseFont
> from these
> files, but the application only uses the PdfGraphics2D class
> to print to the
> pdf.
>
> Now the problem is as follows:
>
> When i try to create a java.awt.Font object with my font name
> (e.g. "Gill
> Sans"), the getFontName() method falls back to return
> "dialog". The initial
> font name is only available through calling getName() (even
> if the font is
> installed on the system).
> Now PdfGraphics2D uses an internal cache for BaseFonts that
> unfortunately
> maps the fonts according to the awt font name (returned by
> getFontName(),
> which in this case is always "dialog").
> So every time i call setFont() on PdfGraphics2D with a
> non-built-in font,
> PdfGraphics2D seeks the cache for an entry mapped by the key
> "dialog" and
> then returns the same font even for different "initial font
> names" (e.g.
> "Gill Sans" and "Gill Sans Bold").
>
> Even using my own implementation of FontMapper could not
> solve the problem,
> as the FontMapper is only consulted once - when the BaseFont
> is not yet in
> the cache.
>
> Any suggestions how to register the fonts or prevent
> java.awt.Font from that
> "fallback"?
>
> Thanks in advance, Thorsten
>
>
>
>
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