Re: generated pdf containing the Thai characters on Windows 2008 different form on Win 2003

That's a font issue, currently itext doesn't support Indic languages
(there's work in progress in this area). If it works somehow you got lucky.

Paulo

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Jing F Fan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear all,
> When we used iText to generate pdf containing the Thai characters on
> Window 7/2008, some characters can't display properly, while on windows
> 2003, everything works well.
>
> In windows 2003, the result is:
>
>
> while in windows 2008, the result is:
>
> Tahoma/Tahomabd used in my code is installed on both Win 2003 and 2008, *use
> the tahoma.ttf/tahomabd.ttf in windows 2003 replace the ones in win7/win
> 2008 could resolve the problem on win7/2008*.
>
> There is a discussion in which the issue is similar to mine, but I think
> the answer could not resolve my problem.
>
> http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Thai-characters-iText-support-td4658747.html
>
> Could you please help confirm it's an iText known issue/limitation or a
> bug of Windows? Thanks!
>
> Source code:
>
> *import* java.io.FileNotFoundException;
> *import* java.io.FileOutputStream;
> *import* java.io.IOException;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.Document;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.Font;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.FontFactory;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ColumnText;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
> *import* com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
>
> *public* *class* TestThai {
>  *public* *static* *final* String *RESULT* = "Testthai.pdf";
>  *public* *static* *final* String *FRAGMENT* = "ครั้งที่";
>
>
>  *public* *static* *void* main(String[] args) {
>  *float* pageWidth = 596.0f;
>  *float* pageHeight = 842.0f;
>  Rectangle rect = *new* Rectangle(pageWidth, pageHeight);
>  Document doc = *new* Document(rect, 0, 0, 0, 0);
>  FileOutputStream out = *null*;
>  PdfWriter pdfWriter = *null*;
>  *try* {
>
>  FontFactory.*registerDirectories*();
>
>  out = *new* FileOutputStream(*RESULT*);
>  pdfWriter = PdfWriter.*getInstance*(doc, out);
>  doc.open();
>
>  Font pdfFont = FontFactory.*getFont*("Tahoma", BaseFont.*IDENTITY_H*,
> *false*, 22.0f);
>  PdfContentByte pdfContentByte = pdfWriter.getDirectContent();
>
>  *float* px = 70.0f;
>  *float* py = 80.0f;
>  *float* baselineOffsets = 18.0f;
>  *float* baseline = py + baselineOffsets;
>
>  *int* runDirection = PdfWriter.*RUN_DIRECTION_LTR*;
>  Phrase phrase = *new* Phrase(*FRAGMENT*, pdfFont);
>  *int* alignMethod = PdfContentByte.*ALIGN_LEFT*;
>
>  ColumnText.*showTextAligned*(pdfContentByte, alignMethod, phrase, px,
> doc.top(baseline), 0f, runDirection, 0);
>
>  } *catch* (FileNotFoundException e) {
>  e.printStackTrace();
>  } *catch* (DocumentException e) {
>  e.printStackTrace();
>  }
>  *finally* {
>  *if* (doc != *null*) {
>  doc.close();
>  }
>  *if* (out != *null*) {
>  *try* {
>  out.close();
>  } *catch* (IOException e) {
>  e.printStackTrace();
>  }
>  }
>  *if* (pdfWriter != *null*) {
>  }
>  }
>
>  }
>
> }
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Jing Fan
> Email: [email protected]
>
>
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