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*
* This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'.
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* http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/
*
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*
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*/
package com.lowagie.examples.fonts;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Specifying an encoding.
*/
public class FontEncoding {
/**
* Specifying an encoding.
* @param args no arguments needed
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Encodings");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document();
try {
// step 2: creation of the writer
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("fontencoding.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4: we add content to the document
BaseFont helvetica = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
Font font = new Font(helvetica, 12, Font.NORMAL);
Chunk chunk = new Chunk("Sponsor this example and send me 1\u20ac. These are some special characters: \u0152\u0153\u0160\u0161\u0178\u017D\u0192\u02DC\u2020\u2021\u2030", font);
document.add(chunk);
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}