Stefan Pantke wrote:
I tried to load a front called CorsivaBold.ttf using
BaseFont aBF = BaseFont.createFont("/Library/Fonts/CorsivaBold.ttf",
BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
Font font = new Font( aBF, 12);
As soon as my app runs, I get an exception explaining:
Document problem: /Library/Fonts/CorsivaBold.ttf is not a valid TTF or
OTF file.
Document problem: /Library/Fonts/CorsivaBold.ttf is not a valid TTF or
OTF file.
Since I'm new to font handling at this level, I probably made some
substantial
error. But what error?
A little history:
Adobe started as a company selling fonts: PostScript fonts (Type 1).
Apple and MicroSoft developed a competing font format: TrueType (ttf).
Unfortunately the standard according to Apple and the standard according
to MicroSoft diverged. The font was platform dependent. A font for
Macintosh didn't necessarily work on Windows and vice versa.
Then MicroSoft and Adobe came up with a new platform independent
font format: OpenType.
There are two flavors: OpenType with PS outlines (otf files)
and OpenType with TrueType outlines (ttf or otf files).
My guess is that your ttf is a TrueType font for Macintosh,
not an OpenType font with TrueType outlines.
br,
Bruno
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