Thank you Maruan! Thank you for your workaround and confirmation of the bug (although it is a quite obscure use case, but that is where the bugs hide I suppose).
I will open an issue. I appreciate your help very much. On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > 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 > > -- *Evan Williams* Principal Software Engineer evan.willi...@zapprx.com *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>*
