Marco wrote:
>> Why do you want to add text to a PDF
>> using java.awt.Image? 

> I need Canvas for insert some mathematics formulas inside text, and it 
> works.

It would work ever better if you used PdfGraphics2D.

> N.B. I don't want use iText after create a Canvas,

I don't understand: you want the image but not the PDF?
Then why not just drop iText and work with JDK stuff only?

> I want only set the 
> same Font for text of Canvas and for iText. If default itext Font is 
> Helvetica, I can simply do "g.setFont.setName("Helvetica");" in paint of 
> Canvas, but I don't know if all JVM have this Font, and if it is esactly 
> the same of the iText package. And I read that "the five font families 
> defined by the Java platform which must be supported by any Java runtime 
> environment: Serif, SansSerif, Monospaced, Dialog, and DialogInput." 
> (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html). Not 
> Helvetica...

I fear you don't understand what I'm talking about.

It's a pity, because your problem is very easy to solve.
Just use PdfGraphics2D and draw the mathematical formulas
and text to this special Graphics2D object. It works like
a charm. Ah well, it's your choice...

br,
Bruno

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