Hi Tilman,
Thanks for the quick reply. I will check for commercial solutions with font hinting you mentioned here. I have also included the links to the attachments mentioned in my previous email in case you want to take a closer look. PDF file: https://shujubiji.cn/uppv/bjPhoto/d5418a966daecda62bcf056ddc1e79c99a4c6546/1503126757317/chinese_invoice.pdf?zid=__itemtoken__fe4bd85ea612752d11b4fdb02ff43c8871f9bc1c You need to download it then use a PDF reader to open it so Chinese characters can be shown correctly. Converted image: https://shujubiji.cn/uppv/bjPhoto/d5418a966daecda62bcf056ddc1e79c99a4c6546/1503126770469/chinese_invoice_1.jpg?zid=__itemtoken__6de80b84edb217bb37a19218bcec1eb78a24bcfc Screenshot of the originally PDF displayed in PDF reader correctly: https://shujubiji.cn/uppv/bjPhoto/d5418a966daecda62bcf056ddc1e79c99a4c6546/1503126791380/screenshot_from_2017_08_17_17_12_03.png?zid=__itemtoken__a7c4267ccd9597273a7d0286cb3353b1541a9ee1 Best regards, Fangqiao ________________________________ From: Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 4:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PDFbox unable to render Chinese font correctly when converting pdf to images Hello Fangqiao, Your files didn't get through, you must upload them to a sharehoster. But I suspect that this is a known problem with chinese fonts, the cause is explained here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3293 [PDFBOX-3293] Chinese font glyphs with overlapping paths ...<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3293> issues.apache.org Font glyphs with overlapping paths may be rendered in correctly, especially when the font size is small. Sadly, the Traditional Chinese edition of Windows bundled ... How to fix it - by implementing font hinting. Which we haven't done. There is no workaround, sadly. (Except of course use better fonts when creating the PDF). There are some commercial java products (google for them). At least two of them have implemented font hinting (the others I don't know). Sorry for not having better news. Tilman Am 18.08.2017 um 11:56 schrieb YE ...: > > Hi, > > I am from China and using PDFBox to convert pdf files to images. It > worked excellently in most cases. Thanks a lot for the team's great work. > > > However recently I used it to convert some invoices in PDF to images > and then some Chinese characters weren't converted correctly. Attached > is a sample PDF file, converted image and a screen shot of the > original PDF opened in PDF reader, which displayed all Chinese correctly. > > > I am seeking help from the community: > > > - what's the possible cause for the problem? > > > I guess that in the original pdf file some Chinese characters' font > wasn't set correctly. > > > - how to fix it? > > > If the above guess is correct, is there a way to detect correct font > type and set the correct font for conversion? > > > - or is there other solution that can fix the problem? > > > Many thanks, > > Fangqiao > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
