iText PDF font change does not happen. Rupee symbol not getting displayed

Question

I am using iText PDF to create PDF files in android. I need to write the '₹' symbol in the PDF. I have the following code:-

public static final String FONT1 = "/main/assets//PlayfairDisplay-Regular.ttf";
public static final String FONT2 = "/main/assets/PT_Sans-Web-Regular.ttf";
public static final String FONT3 = "/main/assets/FreeSans.ttf";
public static final String RUPEE = "The Rupee character \u20B9 and the Rupee symbol \u20A8";

These are declared as class variables. I have a function createPDF() which writes to the PDF document. I have the following lines of code in the function:-

    File pdfFile = new File(filePath);
    OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(pdfFile);
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, output);
    document.open();
    Font f1 = FontFactory.getFont(FONT1, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 12);
    Font f2 = FontFactory.getFont(FONT2, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 12);
    Font f3 = FontFactory.getFont(FONT3, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 12);
    Font f4 = FontFactory.getFont(FONT3, BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 12);
    document.add(new Paragraph(RUPEE, f1));
    document.add(new Paragraph(RUPEE, f2));
    document.add(new Paragraph(RUPEE, f3));
    document.add(new Paragraph(RUPEE, f4));
    document.close();

However neither the font gets reflected in the PDF nor the Rupee Symbol. My PDF looks as below:-

Resulting PDF

I have followed steps using the below links:- iText Developers Tutorial and StackOverflow Question on where to place Assets folder

I am aware of another similar question on SO:- Rupee symbol is not showing in android however this also has not helped me.

Am I doing anything wrong here ? Are my fonts placed in the wrong location?

The path to your fonts is wrong. How do I know? All the text shown in your PDF is in Helvetica (which is the default font). — Bruno Lowagie, Jan 02 '17 at 10:52
Try,remove all /main/ just keep like assets/PlayfairDisplay-Regular.ttf so on... and in the first font you have // remove that one too and try — Raghavendra, Jan 02 '17 at 11:01
@Raghavendra thanks for that. That helped. :) Silly from my side. — Pratik Banodkar, Jan 02 '17 at 14:55
@Raghavendra Please make that an actual answer Pratik can accept. — mkl, Jan 02 '17 at 17:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '17 at 17:48

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Try, Remove all /main/ just keep like assets/PlayfairDisplay-Regular.ttf so on... and in the first font you have // remove that one too and try

answered Jan 02 '17 at 17:48

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