[iText-questions] how to ouput the unicode right arrow?

[Yannic]

Hi all,






i wrote some simple code (see the end of this message) and what i got is:







Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Yannic




package test;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class UnicodeOouput {

    public static void main(String[] inA) {

        File f = new File("test_unicode_arrow.pdf");
        int colCount = 3;
        PdfPTable datatable = new PdfPTable(colCount);


        try {
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
                    new FileOutputStream(f));
            document.open();
            for (int i = 0; i < colCount; i++)
                datatable.addCell("Col" + i);

            try {

                        BaseFont.CP1250, true);
                Font font = new Font(bf);
                System.out.println(bf.charExists('\u2192'));
                Phrase p = new Phrase("\u2192", font);
                datatable.addCell(new PdfPCell(p));
                System.out.println(bf.charExists('\u21A6'));
                p = new Phrase("\u21A6", font);
                datatable.addCell(new PdfPCell(p));
                Chunk c = new Chunk('\u2192', font);
                p = new Phrase(c);
                datatable.addCell(new PdfPCell(p));

            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            document.add(datatable);
            document.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (DocumentException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

I'm using a quite old version of itext (itext-2.0.6.jar) in eclipse 3.4.2 under windows vista. The jvm i'm using is the 1.6.0_12 i'm trying to write an unicode symbol in a pdf pfile: the rightarrow that is \u2192 (i even tried the \u21a6 code) the System.ouput says true so i assume that the font i'm building contains the symbol i wanted. But the pdf file contains only the interrogation point (see the small attached file) instead of the right arrow i was expected As i though that it could come from the old package i was using, i code the same thing with the latest itext version (that is iText-5.0.6.jar) and get the same result. so, i obviously miss a point but i don't see which one. I also failed to get any usefull clue with google. Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(), 2, 2, 20, 10); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.COURIER_BOLDOBLIQUE,

test_unicode_arrow.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

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