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iText- Appending arabic text in pdf table cell phrase at different positions in a page

I want to make a pdf report with English and Arabic texts. I have many tables/phrases across the page. I want to display Arabic text also along with English. I have seen the Arabic example in iText doxument also, using ColumnText. I couldn't help myself with that. My doubt is how to set canvas.setSimpleColumn(36, 750, 559, 780), the arguments in this method for tables/phrases at different positions. I have referred below questions also.Still I have issues.
Writing Arabic in pdf using itext,
http://developers.itextpdf.com/examples/font-examples/language-specific-exampleshe
Below is my code..
private static final String ARABIC = "\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644\u064a";
private static final String FONT = "resources/fonts/ARIALUNI.TTF";
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("test.pdf"));
document.open();
Font f = FontFactory.getFont(FONT, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
Phrase phrase = new Phrase();
Chunk chunk = new Chunk("test value", inlineFont);
phrase.add(chunk);
// I want to add Arabic text also here..but direction is not //correct.also coming as single alphabets
p.add(new Chunk(ARABIC, f));
PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell(phrase);
cell1.setFixedHeight(50f);
table.addCell(cell1);
document.add(table);
document.close();

Your code is kind of sloppy.
For example:
you define a PdfPTable with 3 columns, but you only add a single cell. That table will never be rendered.
you define a Phrase with name phrase, but later in your code you use p.add(...). There is no variable with name p in your code.
...
This lack of respect for the StackOverflow reader can result in not getting an answer, because you are expecting the reader not only to fix the actual problem –not being able to use English and Arabic text in a single PdfPCell—, but also to fix all the other (avoidable) errors in your code.
This is a working example:
public static final String FONT = "resources/fonts/NotoNaskhArabic-Regular.ttf";
public static final String ARABIC = "\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644\u064a";
public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
document.open();
Font f = FontFactory.getFont(FONT, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
Phrase phrase = new Phrase();
Chunk chunk = new Chunk("test value");
phrase.add(chunk);
phrase.add(new Chunk(ARABIC, f));
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(phrase);
cell.setUseDescender(true);
cell.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
table.addCell(cell);
document.add(table);
document.close();
}
The result looks like this:
As you can see, both the English and the Arabic text can be read fine. You may be surprised by the alignment and the order of the text. As we are working in the Right-to-Left writing system, left and right are switched. By default, text is left aligned, but as soon as we introduce the RTL run direction, this changes to right aligned.
In your code, you add the English text first, followed by the Arabic text. Text in Arabic is read from right to left. That's why you see the English text to the right, and why the Arabic text is added to the left of the English text.
All of this has been improved in iText 7. iText 7 has an extra pdfCalligraph module that takes care of other writing systems in a transparent way.

Unicode unknown on jboss server [duplicate]

when I want to use a font is iText I do the following:
protected final static Font FONT_SIZE_11_BOLD = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 11f, Font.BOLD);
and then I can use it whereever I want, as follows:
monthSize11 = new Chunk(month, FONT_SIZE_11_BOLD);
I want to use Arial instead of HELVETICA, but Arial is not directly available.
I mean, I cannot do
new Font(Font.ARIAL, 11f, Font.BOLD);
because Arial is not defined at the Font class, but the Arial.ttf file is at my System under C:\WINDOWS\Fonts.
The question is how I can bind the Arial.ttf file to iText and how can I use it.
Many thnaks in advance.
EDIT: I would like to use own fonts. I mean, I have a file called "myCompany.ttf" where own fonts have been defined and at some places I must use. The problem is not only with Arial.

BaseFont base = BaseFont.createFont("c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf", BaseFont.WINANSI);
Font font = new Font(base, 11f, Font.BOLD);
....
Read more here.

Load it from inside the JAR using a leading slash; otherwise, use the absolute path of your font (C:\...\fonts\Sansation_Regular.ttf). For example:
Font font = FontFactory.getFont("/fonts/Sansation_Regular.ttf",
BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 0.8f, Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.BLACK);
BaseFont baseFont = font.getBaseFont();
The relative path of the font is: 'src/main/resources/fonts'
Using Itext 5.4.5
Example code

Use BaseFont.createFont to create a new Font object.
You can pass any Type1 or TTF font. You will just have to ensure your font file is distributed alongwith.
Refer
BaseFont API

Creating custom fonts using itext is simple
I had written code for the same below
Will definitely help someone
public class CustomFontStyle {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// creation of the document with a certain size and certain margins
// may want to use PageSize.LETTER instead
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
try {
// creation of the different writers
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("CustomFontsStyle.pdf"));
final String NEWLINE = "\n";
document.open();
Phrase phrase = new Phrase();
BaseFont baseFont3 = BaseFont.createFont("Xenotron.ttf", BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
Font font2 = new Font(baseFont3, 12);
document.add(new Paragraph("Custom Xenotron Font: ", font2));
phrase.add(NEWLINE);
document.add(phrase);
document.close();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
}

Can't export Vietnamese characters to PDF using iText

I'm trying to export Vietnamese characters to PDF using iText. I tried to use
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(fontPath, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
It displays some unicode characters correctly, for example Russian, but not the ones with accents in Vietnamese language (ạ,ã,ố etc.).
Here's the class I wrote:
public class PDFMaker {
private final static String FILE = "FilePdf.pdf";
public static File fontFile = new File("fonts/arialuni.ttf");
public static void makePDF() throws IOException{
try{
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILE));
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(fontFile.getAbsolutePath(), BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
Font font = new Font(bf,15);
document.open();
document.add(new Paragraph("Đại học bách khoa Hà Nội", font));
document.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException | DocumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
}}
It displays: Đi hc bách khoa Hà Ni. Please help.

The characters aren't shown, because MS Arial Unicode doesn't know those characters. You need to use another font. For instance: I downloaded a package of Vietnames fonts from SourceForge and I replaced arialuni.ttf in your code sample with vuArial.ttf (found in the downloaded package). When using that font, all the characters were visible.

Unicode characters in iText PDF

I need help with iText I look at some Google result and some here but don't find anything that work for me. I need to use polish character in my pdf but i got nothing for no. Here is a code that I think is important if need something else write in comment:
private static Font bigFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 18, Font.BOLD);
another
Paragraph par = new Paragraph(Łabadzak, bigFont);
Can any1 tell me what to do to make that Ł visible in pdf and other polish character
UPDATE
I fund this but dunno how to use it for my project
Polish character in itext PDF

You need a unicode font. Here is an example:
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("arialuni.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Şinasi ıssız ile ağaç", new Font(bf, 22));
document.add(p);
http://abdullahakay.blogspot.com/2011/11/java-itext-unicode.html
EDIT:
Here, the font file name arialuni.tff is a static resource directly under /src/main/resources/ and can be any Unicode Font File of your choice. Here's a list of free Unicode Font Files available online.

It depends on used font and encoding. i found something like this:
http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Polish-National-Characters-are-not-getting-displayed-in-the-PDF-created-by-iTExt-td2163833.html
There is example like this:
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf",
BaseFont.CP1250, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
Font font = new Font(bf, 12);
String polish = "\u0104\u0105\u0106\u0107\u0118\u0119";
document.add(new Paragraph(polish, font));
Remember that some fonts does not contain polish national characters.

In case you are using com.itextpdf.kernel package you can use any encoding which is not present in PdfEncodings class
PdfWriter writer ;
writer = new PdfWriter( dest ) ;
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument( writer ) ;
Document document = new Document( pdf ) ;
FontProgram fontProgram = FontProgramFactory.createFont( ) ;
PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.createFont( fontProgram, "Cp1254" ) ;
document.setFont( font );
for turkish characters I used "Cp1254"

How to add new fonts to Itext using java

when I want to use a font is iText I do the following:
protected final static Font FONT_SIZE_11_BOLD = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 11f, Font.BOLD);
and then I can use it whereever I want, as follows:
monthSize11 = new Chunk(month, FONT_SIZE_11_BOLD);
I want to use Arial instead of HELVETICA, but Arial is not directly available.
I mean, I cannot do
new Font(Font.ARIAL, 11f, Font.BOLD);
because Arial is not defined at the Font class, but the Arial.ttf file is at my System under C:\WINDOWS\Fonts.
The question is how I can bind the Arial.ttf file to iText and how can I use it.
Many thnaks in advance.
EDIT: I would like to use own fonts. I mean, I have a file called "myCompany.ttf" where own fonts have been defined and at some places I must use. The problem is not only with Arial.

BaseFont base = BaseFont.createFont("c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf", BaseFont.WINANSI);
Font font = new Font(base, 11f, Font.BOLD);
....
Read more here.

Load it from inside the JAR using a leading slash; otherwise, use the absolute path of your font (C:\...\fonts\Sansation_Regular.ttf). For example:
Font font = FontFactory.getFont("/fonts/Sansation_Regular.ttf",
BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 0.8f, Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.BLACK);
BaseFont baseFont = font.getBaseFont();
The relative path of the font is: 'src/main/resources/fonts'
Using Itext 5.4.5
Example code

Use BaseFont.createFont to create a new Font object.
You can pass any Type1 or TTF font. You will just have to ensure your font file is distributed alongwith.
Refer
BaseFont API

Creating custom fonts using itext is simple
I had written code for the same below
Will definitely help someone
public class CustomFontStyle {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// creation of the document with a certain size and certain margins
// may want to use PageSize.LETTER instead
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
try {
// creation of the different writers
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("CustomFontsStyle.pdf"));
final String NEWLINE = "\n";
document.open();
Phrase phrase = new Phrase();
BaseFont baseFont3 = BaseFont.createFont("Xenotron.ttf", BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
Font font2 = new Font(baseFont3, 12);
document.add(new Paragraph("Custom Xenotron Font: ", font2));
phrase.add(NEWLINE);
document.add(phrase);
document.close();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
}