Hi, > Am 09.05.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Evan Williams <evan.willi...@zapprx.com>: > > Thank you Tilman, > > It turns out that I just sent the wrong file to you. The embedding issue is > very real. > > A form that actually shows the problem is here: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25802656/CF-CVS-Revised.pdf > > The form fields are empty in this example but the font is not embedded and > the form will show no-glyph rectangles on any machine that doesn't have > 'Noto Sans' installed. > > I have been trying experiments and it seems like, for the code I wrote, if > you try to set a font ONLY for the AcroForm where there is no text using > the same font in the document, the font will not embed. This is either > because: > > 1. My code is wrong (likely) > 2. There is a PDFBox bug (unpossible!) > > I believe that I can hack around this by writing tiny white text somewhere > in the document using the font that I would like to use for the form, bur > that is, to use a technical term, crappy. > > What can you advise? >
you need to at least set a value with a single character for a form field. After that you can set the value of the form field back. The font is only embedded if it's actually used - please open an issue at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX/ for that. BR Maruan > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de> > wrote: > >> Is the file you uploaded the result before or after your operation? >> Because everything works nicely with Adobe. The font Noto Sans is embedded, >> I don't have it on my machine. >> >> If it is the result "before" or "with Adobe", then please upload the >> result "after PDFBox" (and if possible, screenshots of "own machine" and >> "other machine without the font") and if possible use an unusual font, and >> also try >> >> >> resFont = PDType0Font.load(doc, is, false); >> >> >> I haven't tried running your code yet. >> >> Tilman >> >> >> >> >> Am 20.04.2017 um 18:59 schrieb Evan Williams: >> >>> I am trying to change all of the fields in a PDF form to use a TrueType >>> font that I am embedding. Or trying to embed more accurately. >>> >>> I have had good success with embedding fonts went I am drawing text in a >>> document, but for form fields, I have been unable to programmatically >>> force >>> the font to embed. >>> >>> I load the font in the constructor like this: >>> >>> * final PDFont formFont = loadFontResourceWithDef(pdf, >>> DEFAULT_F**O* >>> *NT_PATH,* >>> * DEF_DOCUMENT_FONT);* >>> * final PDResources resources = acroForm.getDefaultResources();* >>> * final String fontName = resources.add(formFont).getName();* >>> * acroForm.setDefaultResources(resources);* >>> * this.defaultAppearanceString = "/" + fontName + " 0 Tf 0 g";* >>> >>> * }* >>> >>> * public static PDFont loadFontResourceWithDef(PDDocument doc,* >>> * String fontpath, PDFont defFont) {* >>> * PDType0Font resFont = null;* >>> * try {* >>> * final InputStream is = >>> this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(fontpath);* >>> * if (is != null) {* >>> * resFont = PDType0Font.load(doc, is);* >>> * }* >>> * } catch (IOException e) {* >>> * log("Error loading font " + fontpath, e);* >>> * }* >>> * return resFont != null ? resFont : defFont;* >>> * }* >>> >>> Presume that I have verified that the font actually is loaded into the >>> formFont variable. >>> >>> Some time later, I iterate over the fields in the acroform and, for each >>> field, do this: >>> >>> * if (field instanceof PDTextField) {* >>> * final PDTextField textfield = (PDTextField) field;* >>> * textfield.setDefaultAppearance >>> (defaultAppearanceString);* >>> * }* >>> >>> The result of this is that the appearances for the text fields are all >>> correct, but the font is never embedded, so it looks OK on my machine >>> (because the font that I am loading is available locally), but I get >>> charming empty rectangles on machines where the font is not present. If I >>> open the PDF in acrobat and manually change the font on one field and >>> change it back, the font them embeds and everything works fine. >>> >>> I have uploaded an example to >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25802656/ofev_rx_3338.pdf >>> >>> Any thoughts would be helpful. I would rather not do a manual operation on >>> more than one hundred files. >>> >>> Thank you, you the always helpful and wonderful PDFBox community. >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > *Evan Williams* > Principal Software Engineer > evan.willi...@zapprx.com > > *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>* --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
