I figured it out myself - setting the encoding to BaseFont.IDENTITY_H solved the issue.
--- Harakiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > arialuni.ttf has the most complete glyph > collection. > > Embedding will make > > the PDF work in any OS. > > > > Paulo > > Thanks, i will use that. > > The fonts work fine with basic text, but fail > however > with the HTMLWorker util for non-english languages. > > The method of getFont from FactoryProperties which > is > used by the HTMLWorker to create chunks will always > use a default font. I overwrote this method to use > arial.ttf instead - but the text is still garbage > when > parsing for example russian html with the > HTMLWorker. > The same text works fine without html formating just > using chunks and the arial font. > > Where could the problem be ? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > > Behalf Of Harakiri > > > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:18 PM > > > To: Post all your questions about iText here > > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Best Font to > > support all > > > European languages ? > > > > > > Thanks for the reply, the font looks promising. > > > > > > As always with embedded fonts - they have to be > as > > > small as possible to not make a small pdf to > > large. > > > > > > Do you know if embedding this font (or any > other) > > will > > > work on other OS(Languages) too ? > > > > > > Is Times Roman better then Arial ? Or is the > > gentium > > > the better choice ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > --- mister bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > If you're working on Windows the charmap tool > > > > (C:\WINDOWS\system32\charmap.exe) permits you > to > > see > > > > the entire set of > > > > implemented glyphs in a particular font file. > > The > > > > version of TimesRoman that > > > > is bundled with Windows, it appears, covers > all > > > > European fonts, plus > > > > Cyrillic (Russian) and some, (possibly all) > > Arabic. > > > > Another font with all > > > > the European characters and many glyphs with > > > > multiple diacritics is Gentium, > > > > which is available for free > > > > > > > > > > (http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item > > > _id=Gentium) > > > > and you can see there in the supporting PDFs > the > > > > remarkable number of glyphs > > > > in the font. > > > > > > > > Certainly, other list members can point you to > > other > > > > useful resources. > > > > > > > > ---Mister Bean > > > > > > > > p.s. Bruno gives a list of font sites in the > > > > appendix to his book, by the > > > > way. > > > > > > > > >>> re >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > Harakiri wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > i read the "peace" example with multiple > > languages > > > > and > > > > > their font. Im still unsure on the font > choice > > > > tho, so > > > > > far it seems that arial.ttf is able to > display > > all > > > > > european languages. > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone suggest the right font ? > > Specifically > > > > the > > > > > major languages like france,german and > russian > > > > should > > > > > be supported in one font set. These do work > on > > my > > > > > windows machine but i cant check on a > russian > > > > winxp > > > > > for example. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > Aviso Legal: > > Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao > > destinatário. Pode conter informação confidencial > ou > > legalmente protegida. 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