> > Now what I am attempting to > > do is to read each word and its coordinate from the text file and > > place that particular word in the image-based PDF document at the > > location specified by the coordinates of that word.
> Yes, what you are doing is the right way to approach the problem. > Using direct content to place text (be sure to use Render Mode 3, and > place it BEHIND the image) and then add whatever else you want. I am trying to do something similar, and have gotten it working fine for English text. However, I have to add international support (specifically CJK and Arabic). Since none of the base 14 fonts cover these characters (right?) I believe I have to embed a unicode font. But, since I'm not interested in actually rendering the characters (as they are behind the image), it seems like I could avoid embedding an entire font (like arialuni) -- this would be desirable as the font seems to add about 65kb to the size of every pdf. As I figure it, the only properties of the font that I require are the encoding and the width information. Can I avoid embedding a large font? Or is there better way to go about this? Thanks, Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
