Chapter 9 - Using Fonts

This web page contains the converted source code from Chapter 9 (Using Fonts) of Bruno Lowagie's book iText in Action.
///// Diacritics1 /////

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace Diacritics1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Generates a PDF file demonstrating a problem with diacritics.
	        // 
	        // @param args:  no arguments needed here

            Console.WriteLine("Chapter 9: example Diacritics1");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> Creates a PDF file demonstrating a problem with diacritics.");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> resources needed: tears.jpg, angsa.ttf and arialuni.ttf");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> file generated: diacritics1.pdf");
 
		    // step 1
		    String movieTitle = "\u0e1f\u0e49\u0e32\u0e17\u0e30\u0e25\u0e32\u0e22\u0e42\u0e08\u0e23";
		    Document document = new Document();
		    try 
            {
			    // step 2
                PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("diacritics1.pdf", FileMode.Create));
     
			    // step 3: we open the document
			    document.Open();
			    // step 4
			    BaseFont bf;
			    Font font;
			    //bf = BaseFont.CreateFont("c:/windows/fonts/angsa.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
                bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts/ALGER.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
			    font = new Font(bf, 20);
			    Image img = Image.GetInstance(@"C:\Sample Code\iText\PDFs\tears.jpg");
			    img.ScalePercent(50);
			    img.BorderWidth = 18f;
			    img.Border = Image.BOX;
			    img.BorderColor = BaseColor.WHITE;
			    img.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT | Image.TEXTWRAP;
			    document.Add(img);
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("Movie title: Tears of the Black Tiger (Thailand)"));
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("directed by Wisit Sasanatieng"));
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("Font: " + bf.PostscriptFontName));
			    document.Add(new Paragraph(movieTitle, font));
			    //bf = BaseFont.CreateFont("c:/windows/fonts/arialuni.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
                bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ariblk.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
                font = new Font(bf, 12);
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("Font: " + bf.PostscriptFontName));
			    document.Add(new Paragraph(movieTitle, font));
		    } 
            
            catch (DocumentException de)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
            }

            catch (IOException ioe)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
            }
 
		    // step 5: we close the document
		    document.Close();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

///// Diacritics2 /////

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace Diacritics2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Generates a PDF file with a possible solution for the diacritics problem.
	        // 
	        // @param args:  no arguments needed here

            Console.WriteLine("Chapter 9: example Diacritics2");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> Creates a PDF file with a possible solution for the diacritics problem.");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> resources needed: arial.ttf and cour.ttf");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> file generated: diacritics2.pdf");
 
		    // step 1
		    Document document = new Document();
		    try 
            {
			    // step 2
                PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("diacritics2.pdf", FileMode.Create));
     
			    // step 3: we open the document
			    document.Open();
			    // step 4
			    BaseFont bf;
			    Font font;
			    bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.ttf", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
			    font = new Font(bf, 12);
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("Movie title: In Bed With Santa (Sweden)", font));
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("directed by Kjell Sundvall", font));
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("Tomten \u00e4r far till alla barnen", font));
			    Console.WriteLine(bf.PostscriptFontName);
			    Console.WriteLine("Width in arial.ttf: " + bf.GetWidth('\u00a8'));
			    bf.SetCharAdvance('\u00a8', -100);
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("Tomten \u00a8ar far till alla barnen", font));
			    bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\COUR.ttf", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
			    Console.WriteLine(bf.PostscriptFontName);
			    Console.WriteLine("Width in cour.ttf: " + bf.GetWidth('\u00a8'));
			    bf.SetCharAdvance('\u00a8', 0);
			    font = new Font(bf, 12);
			    document.Add(new Paragraph("Tomten \u00a8ar far till alla barnen", font));
		    } 
            
            catch (DocumentException de)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
            }

            catch (IOException ioe)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
            }
 
		    // step 5: we close the document
		    document.Close();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

///// FontFactoryExample1 /////

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace FontFactoryExample1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Generates a PDF file with fonts from the fontfactory.
	        // 
	        // @param args:  no arguments needed here

            Console.WriteLine("Chapter 9: example FontFactoryExample1");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> Creates a PDF file with fonts from the fontfactory.");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> resources needed: cmr10.afm, cmr10.pfb (chapter 8)");
		    Console.WriteLine("                     arial.ttf, gara.ttf, garabd.ttf, garait.ttf");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> file generated: font_factory1.pdf");
 
		    // step 1
		    Document document = new Document();
		    try 
            {
			    // step 2
			    PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("font_factory1.pdf", FileMode.Create));
     
			    // step 3: we open the document
			    document.Open();
			    // step 4:
			    Font[] fonts = new Font[10];
			    fonts[0] = FontFactory.GetFont("Times-Roman");
			    fonts[1] = FontFactory.GetFont("Courier", 10);
			    fonts[2] = FontFactory.GetFont("Courier", 10, Font.BOLD);
			    fonts[3] = FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.TIMES, 10, Font.BOLD, new CMYKColor(255, 0, 0, 64));
			    fonts[4] = FontFactory.GetFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.ttf", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
			    FontFactory.Register(@"C:\Sample Code\iText\PDFs\cmr10.afm");
			    fonts[5] = FontFactory.GetFont("CMR10", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
			    fonts[5].BaseFont.PostscriptFontName = "Computer Modern";
			    //FontFactory.Register("c:/windows/fonts/gara.ttf", "Manning");
			    //FontFactory.Register("c:/windows/fonts/garabd.ttf", "Manning-bold");
			    //FontFactory.Register("c:/windows/fonts/garait.ttf", "Manning-italic");
                FontFactory.Register(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\pala.ttf", "Palatino");
			    FontFactory.Register(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\palab.ttf", "Palatino-Bold");
			    FontFactory.Register(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\palai.ttf", "Palatino-Italic");
			    //fonts[6] = FontFactory.GetFont("Manning", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
			    //fonts[7] = FontFactory.GetFont("Manning-bold", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 10);
			    //fonts[8] = FontFactory.GetFont("Manning", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 10, Font.ITALIC);
                fonts[6] = FontFactory.GetFont("Palatino", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
                fonts[7] = FontFactory.GetFont("Palatino-Bold", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 10);
                fonts[8] = FontFactory.GetFont("Palatino-Italic", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 10, Font.ITALIC);
			    fonts[9] = FontFactory.GetFont("garamond vet", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 10, Font.UNDEFINED, new CMYKColor(0, 255, 0, 64));
			    Console.WriteLine("Registered font families:");
                foreach (Font ft in fonts)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(ft.Familyname.ToString());
                }

			    // add the content
			    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) 
                {
				    document.Add(new Paragraph("Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", fonts[i]));
			    }
		    } 
            
            catch (DocumentException de)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
            }

            catch (IOException ioe)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
            }
 
		    // step 5: we close the document
		    document.Close();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

///// FontFactoryExample2 /////

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace FontFactoryExample2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Generates a PDF file with fonts from the fontfactory.
	        // 
	        // @param args:  no arguments needed here

            Console.WriteLine("Chapter 9: example FontFactoryExample2");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> Creates a PDF file with fonts from the fontfactory.");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> resources needed: cmr10.afm, esl_gothic_unicode.ttf,");
		    Console.WriteLine("                     putr8a.afm and putr8a.pfb (chapter 8)");
		    Console.WriteLine("                     angsa.ttf, gara.ttf, garabd.ttf");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> file generated: font_factory2.pdf");
 
		    // step 1
		    Document document = new Document();
		    try 
            {
			    // step 2
                PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("font_factory2.pdf", FileMode.Create));
     
			    // step 3: we open the document
			    document.Open();
			    // step 4:
			    Font[] fonts = new Font[8];
			    FontFactory.RegisterDirectory(@"C:\Sample Code\iText\PDFs");
			    fonts[0] = FontFactory.GetFont("utopia-regular");
			    fonts[1] = FontFactory.GetFont("cmr10", 10);
			    fonts[2] = FontFactory.GetFont("utopia-regular", 10, Font.BOLD);
			    fonts[3] = FontFactory.GetFont("esl gothic unicode", 10, Font.UNDEFINED, new CMYKColor(255, 0, 0, 64));
			    fonts[4] = FontFactory.GetFont("utopia-regular", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
			    FontFactory.RegisterDirectories();			    
			    fonts[5] = FontFactory.GetFont("angsana new", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 14);
			    fonts[6] = FontFactory.GetFont("garamond", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 10, Font.ITALIC);
			    fonts[7] = FontFactory.GetFont("garamond bold", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 10, Font.UNDEFINED, new CMYKColor(0, 255, 0, 64));
                Console.WriteLine("Registered font families:");
                foreach (Font ft in fonts)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(ft.Familyname.ToString());
                }

			    // add the content
			    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) 
                {
				    document.Add(new Paragraph("Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", fonts[i]));
			    }
		    }

            catch (DocumentException de)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
            }

            catch (IOException ioe)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
            }
 
		    // step 5: we close the document
		    document.Close();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

///// FontSelectionExample /////

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace FontSelectionExample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Generates a PDF file with the standard Type 1 Fonts.
	        // 
	        // @param args:  no arguments needed here

            Console.WriteLine("Chapter 9: example FontSelectionExample");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> Creates a PDF file with mixed fonts.");
		    Console.WriteLine("-> file generated: font_selection.pdf");
 
		    // step 1
		    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
		    try 
            {
			    // step 2
			    PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("font_selection.pdf", FileMode.Create));
     
			    // step 3: we open the document
			    document.Open();
			    // step 4:
			    String text = "These are the protagonists in 'Hero', a movie by Zhang Yimou:\n"
					    + "\u7121\u540d (Nameless), \u6b98\u528d (Broken Sword), "
					    + "\u98db\u96ea (Flying Snow), \u5982\u6708 (Moon), "
					    + "\u79e6\u738b (the King), and \u9577\u7a7a (Sky).";
			    FontSelector selector = new FontSelector();
			    selector.AddFont(FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.TIMES_ROMAN, 12));
			    selector.AddFont(FontFactory.GetFont("MSung-Light", "UniCNS-UCS2-H", BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED));
			    Phrase ph = selector.Process(text);
			    document.Add(new Paragraph(ph));
		    } 
            
            catch (DocumentException de)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
            }

            catch (IOException ioe)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
            }
 
		    // step 5: we close the document
		    document.Close();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

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Chapter 9 - Using Fonts
