Hi, > Am 12.01.2017 um 09:21 schrieb Bharat Bhatt <[email protected]>: > > Hi Maruan, > > Thanks a lot for quick response. How to get font to construct the > defaultAppearanceString? > E.g. String defaultAppearanceString = "/Helv 12 Tf 0 0 0 rg"; in this > "Helv" is used. If I have to use font supported by PDFBox like > COURIER_BOLD_OBLIQUE > then how to get the name/string to be used in defaultAppearanceString?
do something alon the lines of PDFont font = PDType1Font.COURIER_BOLD_OBLIQUE; COSName fontName = PDResources.add(font); String defaultAppearanceString = "/" + fontName.getName() + " 12 Tf 0 0 0 rg"; BR Maruan > > Thanks, > Bharat > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> Am 12.01.2017 um 08:10 schrieb Bharat Bhatt <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want to change the appearance of drop down list (PDListBox). How to use >>> different font, font size and color of text? >>> I tried using following code >>> String defaultAppearanceString = "/Helv 12 Tf 0 0 0 rg"; >>> PDListBox.setDefaultAppearance(defaultAppearanceString); >> >> that's the correct way of doing it. In addition if you'd like to style >> border, background color etc. you can set the >> PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary >> http://pdfbox.apache.org/docs/2.0.3/javadocs/org/apache/ >> pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDic >> tionary.html. Please note that this setting applies to the >> PDAnnotationWidget. >> >> If you load a font and set the resource with that font using >> PDResources.add(PDFont font) it will return the COSName for that resource >> which you can use for your defaultAppearanceString. >> http://pdfbox.apache.org/docs/2.0.3/javadocs/org/apache/ >> pdfbox/pdmodel/PDResources.html#add(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont) >> >> You could also use PDResources.put and choose a name yourself. >> http://pdfbox.apache.org/docs/2.0.3/javadocs/org/apache/ >> pdfbox/pdmodel/PDResources.html#put(org.apache.pdfbox. >> cos.COSName,%20org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont) >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >>> >>> Please let me know what will be better approach? >>> How to get the font name like "Helv" for different font >>> from PDType1Font.HELVETICA >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Bharat >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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]
