Thanks Paulo. We will look for the suggested options. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paulo Soares Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:01 PM To: Post all your questions about iText here Subject: Re: [iText-questions] DFPHeiStd-W5.otf - PDF not opening inAcrobat 8
(Please use the mailing list.) You can use any ttf font. It may interest you that 2.1.2u has support for fonts in other Unicode planes like simsunb.ttf. Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: Rahul Koul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:56 AM > To: Paulo Soares > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] DFPHeiStd-W5.otf - PDF not > opening inAcrobat 8 > > Thanks Paulo. By setting BaseFont.setSubset(false) the PDF > created with 2.1.2u is viewable in acrobat 7 as well as 8; > size is of course big (~ 2MB for 5 lines of chinese text). I > expect to create quite a few PDF docs and size would become a > bottleneck. > > I am not sure if this behavior of version 7 and version 8 is > true for other CJK fonts as well. > > So until there is a solution for DFPHei in iText, would you > suggest using STSong-Light/SimHei instead? > > Regards, > Rahul > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paulo Soares > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:52 PM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] DFPHeiStd-W5.otf - PDF not > opening inAcrobat 8 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Rahul Koul > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:28 AM > > To: Post all your questions about iText here > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] DFPHeiStd-W5.otf - PDF not > > opening inAcrobat 8 > > > > Some more information: > > > > One of my friends was using a much lower version of iText > > (1.02b) and PDF created with chinese text in it using > > DFPHeiStd-W5.otf is opening in acrobat 8 as well as 7. > > However the PDF size is around 2MB for 4-5 line of Chinese > > text written. > > > > It didn't subset the font. You can also not subset the font > with BaseFont.setSubset(false) but CJK fonts are always huge > and this is no solution. I'll see what I can do when I have > some free time. > > Paulo > > > Version 2.1.2u creates the same PDF as 34KB, viewable in > > acrobat 7 but only opening in acrobat 8 without displaying > > any characters. Upon movement of cursor some portions are > > selected which when copied and pasted in notepad is the > Chinese text. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rahul Koul > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:46 PM > > To: 'Post all your questions about iText here'; > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] DFPHeiStd-W5.otf - PDF not > > opening in Acrobat 8 > > > > The PDFs are attached. > > > > Some more info that we noted - Sometimes the PDF with "DFPHei > > Std W5" font opens in Acrobat 8 but appears as blank. When we > > checked the file size, it was not zero. Upon moving the > > cursor in the file we are able to select certain portions > > which when copied and pasted in notepad are the Chinese > > characters that are being written. > > > > Attached file Hei-8-Black.pdf is displaying above mentioned > > behavior in acrobat 8 and opens fine in acrobat 7. Other two > > pdfs attached open fine in both acrobat 8 and 7. > > > > Please let me know if you need the font as well (It is a 3MB file). > > > > Thanks, > > Rahul > > PS: We also tried using the iText 2.1.2u jar. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Paulo Soares > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:15 PM > > To: Post all your questions about iText here > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] DFPHeiStd-W5.otf - PDF not > > opening in Acrobat 8 > > > > Please post the font or the pdf. > > > > Paulo > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Rahul Koul > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:46 AM > > > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [iText-questions] DFPHeiStd-W5.otf - PDF not opening > > > in Acrobat 8 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > We are using iText(1.4.8) for creating PDFs in our > > > application. Using DFPHeiStd-W5.otf, we need to create PDFs > > > in simplified chinese. We are using following code snippet > > > for generating a test pdf with DFPHeiStd-W5.otf: > > > > > > Document document = new Document(); > > > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new > > > FileOutputStream("C:\\Test\\HelloWorld.pdf")); > > > document.open(); > > > String chinese = "这是熊猫"; //Some chinese characters > > > FontFactory.register("C:\\SYSROOT\\Fonts\\DFPHeiStd-W5.otf"); > > > Font chineseFont = FontFactory.getFont("dfphei std w5", > > > BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, 20); > > > Paragraph p = new Paragraph(chinese, chineseFont); > > > document.add(p); > > > document.close(); > > > writer.close(); > > > > > > While the PDFs generated in Chinese characters using the > > > above font file and code snippet were getting opened in > > > Acrobat 7, the same PDF is not opening in Acrobat 8. We have > > > tried creating font object using BaseFont.createFont or using > > > FontFactory.register with encoding "GB2312" as well but even > > > that does not help. > > > > > > When we use other fonts like STSong-Light or Simhei, PDFs are > > > opening fine in both versions of acrobat. > > > > > > Can anyone provide pointers as to why this could be > > > happening? Your help is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Rahul Aviso Legal: Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao destinatário. Pode conter informação confidencial ou legalmente protegida. A incorrecta transmissão desta mensagem não significa a perca de confidencialidade. Se esta mensagem for recebida por engano, por favor envie-a de volta para o remetente e apague-a do seu sistema de imediato. É proibido a qualquer pessoa que não o destinatário de usar, revelar ou distribuir qualquer parte desta mensagem. Disclaimer: This message is destined exclusively to the intended receiver. 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