Android write PDF file whith itextpdf pt-BR language

Question

I need write PDF File, and I use this sample(http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/JavaPDF/article.html) with this version "itextpdf-5.4.1.jar".

This create the PDF file, but when the word has "você" write this "vocÃª".

I find this code but has not work:

Document document; ... ... document.addLanguage("pt-BR");

How set encoding or language to Brasil?

Thanks!

As your single letter 'ê' becomes two characters, could it be that your source file is UTF8 encoded but your compiler assumes some single byte encoding? — mkl, Aug 23 '15 at 07:43
This is explained in great detail in [The Best iText Questions on StackOverflow](http://pages.itextpdf.com/ebook-stackoverflow-questions.html); this is a free ebook with answers to questions such as [Can't get Czech characters while generating a PDF](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26631815/cant-get-czech-characters-while-generating-a-pdf). In your case, your encoding problem is probably caused already at the moment you are reading your source file. — Bruno Lowagie, Aug 23 '15 at 07:44
Thanks for all! My problem was really the Android Studio File encoding, how @mkl and bruno-lowagie has explained "This is not really an iText question. This is a pure encoding question." Thanks — Paulo Kussler, Aug 23 '15 at 13:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

Take a look at my answer to Divide page in 2 parts so we can fill each with different source (this is year another question answered in The Best iText Questions on StackOverflow). In this example, we read a series of text files that are stored in UTF-8. To achieve this, we use this method:

public Phrase createPhrase(String path) throws IOException {
    Phrase p = new Phrase();
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
        new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(path), "UTF8"));
    String str;
    while ((str = in.readLine()) != null) {
        p.add(str);
    }
    in.close();
    return p;
}

If you remove the "UTF8" and if you read that text as if it were ASCII, then you'd get the same behavior you are describing in your question: each byte would be treated as a single character whereas you have characters that require two bytes.

This is not really an iText question. This is a pure encoding question.

Thanks @bruno-lowagie this works, I set correct encoding and now is correct my text in PDF. — Paulo Kussler, Aug 23 '15 at 13:34

Android write PDF file whith itextpdf pt-BR language

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