Try:
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("c:\\windows\\fonts\\myfont.ttf",
BaseFont.WINANSI, true)
and see if it throws any exception.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schneider Christian S. (KBIB 21)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:30 PM
> To: Paulo Soares
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Font akzident_grotesk_bold.ttf
>
> Many thanks for your email
>
> enclosed please find a code a sample
>
>
> class PdfBean {
>
> public static final String csFontBold =
> FontContainer.getCsFontBoldPdf();
> .......
> .......
> protected static Font TITELFONT =
> FontFactory.getFont(csFontBold, 11, Font.BOLD); // look to me like it
> works well
> ........
> .......
>
>
> protected void basicSetCell(PdfPTable table, String text, int
> alignement, Color background,
> int border, Font font) {
>
> Phrase phrase = basicGetPhrase(text, font);
> PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(phrase);
>
> if (background != null) {
> cell.setBackgroundColor(background);
> }
> cell.setBorder(border);
> if(chartFillPattern == null){
> if(this.getBusinessUnit() != null){
> chartFillPattern =
> getChartFillPattern(this.getBusinessUnit());
> }
> else{
> chartFillPattern = new ChartFillPatternBW();
> }
> }
> cell.setBorderColor(chartFillPattern.getBorderLineColor());
> cell.setHorizontalAlignment(alignement);
> cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
> table.addCell(cell);
> }
> //when i look to the attributes of phrase and tabel everything
> look good but on the pdf the font is wrong it takes the default font
>
> }
>
>
>
> class FontContainer {
>
> private static final String AKZIDENT_GROTESK_BOLD_TTF =
> "akzident_grotesk_bold.ttf";
> private static final String AKZIDENT_GROTESK_LIGHT_TTF =
> "akzident_grotesk_light.ttf";
> private static String fontDirectory;
>
> ......
>
> public static String getCsFontBoldPdf() {
> StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
> sb.append(fontDirectory + "/");
> sb.append(AKZIDENT_GROTESK_BOLD_TTF);
> return sb.toString();
> }
> .......
> }
>
>
> class MainServlet() {
>
> .....
> ....
>
> init() {
>
> FontContainer.setFontDirectory(this.getServletContext().getRea
> lPath("/WE
> B-INF/fonts"));
> }
> ......
> }
>
>
> Appreciate your feedback.
>
> Thanks
>
> Christian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Paulo
> Soares
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:00 PM
> To: Schneider Christian S. (KBIB 21);
> [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Font akzident_grotesk_bold.ttf
>
> It works. I would like to see some code with all the paths and font
> names, the variables tell me nothing.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Schneider Christian S. (KBIB 21)
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:44 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [iText-questions] Font akzident_grotesk_bold.ttf
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm loading two TTF Fonts Akzidenz grotesk light and bold
> > to generate a Pdf with i tex.
> > Loading the Fonts works well but altough i do it all the same
> > it converts only the light Font.
> > The Bold text get displayd in arial bold and not as akzidenz bold.
> >
> > protected static Font HINTFONTBOLD = new
> > Font(corporateFontBold, 9); works well
> > protected static Font HEADERFONT1 =
> > FontFactory.getFont(corporateFont, 12); dosn't work
> >
> > corporateFont is the path variable.
> >
> > Is the bold Font from Akzidenz not suported by itext or does
> > somebody have an idea what could go wrong ?
> >
> > Appreciate your feedback.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Christian
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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