I try to use Apache PDFBox 1.8.6 to create a PDF in Java. (See code below)
If I write the string: Hello! 123 abc ??ü? everything works fine.
But if I add an € sign or it's equivalent u20ac the String gets messed up:t? H e l l o ! 1 2 3 a b c ? ? ü ? ? ? |
I think this has something to do with the encoding, since programms like OpenOffice can export pdf with € or other Unicode signs without a problem.
So what do I have to do to write Unicode String to PDF?
try {
PDDocument doc = new PDDocument();
PDPage page = new PDPage();
doc.addPage(page);
PDPageContentStream stream = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
PDFont font = PDType1Font.COURIER;
//font.setFontEncoding(new EncodingManager().getEncoding(COSName.WIN_ANSI_ENCODING));
stream.setFont(font, 14);
stream.beginText();
stream.setNonStrokingColor(Color.BLACK);
stream.moveTextPositionByAmount(20, 750);
String text = "Hello! 123 abc ??ü? € u20ac";
//JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, text);
stream.drawString(text);
stream.endText();
stream.stroke();
stream.close();
doc.save("test.pdf");
doc.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
Logger.getLogger(NewJFrame.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
