Embedding font in a Java program using iText

Question

I want to embed font into my Java program and I know how to do it using standard Java libraries. However, how do I do it using iText?

I don't want anything outside of my project (or later jar file) to be tampered with if it's not absolutely necessary (I want my program to work on all Java supporting platforms).

I'm importing font using *.ttf file.

In a way that the platform my program is running on doesn't have to have it installed... — Karlovsky120, Sep 08 '12 at 16:54
Windows (7) I have a fontname.ttf file using which I want to create a font that iText will stick into a PDF, instead of locating the file on the platform, since there's always a chance that the file (or font) coud not exist on that platform. — Karlovsky120, Sep 08 '12 at 17:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '12 at 17:40

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Define a font

public static String[] FONT = 
    {"path/to/fonts/xxx.ttf", BaseFont.WINANSI};

then use

BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(FONT[0], FONT[1], BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
Font font = new Font(bf, 24);

with the document.

answered Sep 08 '12 at 17:40

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That doesn't work for some reason... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12333018/creating-fonts-from-ttf-files-using-itext – Karlovsky120 Sep 08 '12 at 17:50

Embedding font in a Java program using iText

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