Thanks for explaining! Using a Helvetica.ttf file I was able to solve the error about 8-bit code points. Apparently the PDType1Font.HELVETICA does not include all characters that are supported by Helvectica. The new line is now handled before calling showText().
Johanneke Lamberink Op 28/5/15 01:05 schreef John Hewson <[email protected]>: > >> On 27 May 2015, at 03:38, Johanneke Lamberink >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The string with the U+000A (LF) is retrieved by calling >> PDAnnotation.getContents(). >> I expected to be able to use the String returned by that method in >> PDPageContentStream.showText(), but apparently that is not the case. >> >> Thanks. > >If there¹s an appearance stream (AP) for the field then that will take >precedence over the >Contents. If there¹s not, then it¹s always possible that the Contents is >using glyphs which >are missing in the font. PDF doesn¹t understand newlines anyway, so an LF >character in >the text would need to be handled at some higher level than showText(). >Indeed, LF is not >even present in WinAnsiEncoding which is why you¹re seeing an error when >using >PDType1Font.HELVETICA. > >‹ John > >> >> Johanneke Lamberink >> >> Onior Group B.V. >> Jan Pieterszoon Coenstraat 7 >> 2595 WP Den Haag >> The Netherlands >> Office: +31 70 799 94 85 Mobile: + 31 6 23 76 76 45 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Op 27/5/15 12:28 schreef Andreas Lehmkühler <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>>> Johanneke Lamberink <[email protected]> hat am 27. Mai >>>>2015 >>>> um >>>> 10:52 geschrieben: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> When writing a given String to a PDF I am encountering the following >>>> stacktraces in the logging: >>>> >>>> >>>> Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No glyph for U+000A in >>>> font >>>> Helvetica >>>> at >>>> >>>>org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font.encode(PDType1Font.java:320) >>>> at >>>>org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.encode(PDFont.java:282) >>>> at >>>> >>>> >>>>org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.showText(PDPageContentStr >>>>ea >>>> m.java:358) >>>> >>>> and: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: This font type only >>>> supports >>>> 8-bit code points >>>> at >>>> >>>>org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font.encode(PDType1Font.java:311) >>>> at >>>>org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.encode(PDFont.java:282) >>>> at >>>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.getStringWidth(PDFont.java:311) >>>> >>>> I am not sure if this is a problem in my choice of font, my use of the >>>> api, or >>>> the encoding done by pdfbox. >>>> >>>> Can anyone explain to me what it is that is going wrong here? >>> U+000A sounds like line feed. Does your string contain any newline >>> characters >>> like CR or LF? You have to remove those, as you have to manage line >>>breaks >>> yourself. >>> >>>> Thanks :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Johanneke Lamberink >>> >>> BR >>> Andreas Lehmkühler >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
