Create a Type 3 font which contains a single logo derived from an image. Import image data from a bitmap TIF image to create a Type 3 logo font containing one glyph. Add the glyph to a custom encoding and output text with that glyph.
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* Type 3 raster logo font:
* Create a Type 3 font which contains a single logo derived from an image
*
* Import image data from a bitmap TIF image to create a Type 3 logo font
* containing one glyph. Add the glyph to a custom encoding and output text
* with that glyph.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 7
* Required data: bitmap TIFF image
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.fonts;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class type3_rasterlogo
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "type3_rasterlogo.pdf";
String title = "Type 3 Raster Logo Font";
pdflib p = null;
String logofile = "phone.tif";
int normalfont, logofont, image;
try {
p = new pdflib();
p.set_parameter("SearchPath", searchpath);
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
p.set_parameter("errorpolicy", "return");
if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title + " $Revision: 1.12 $");
/* Import an image from "phone.tif" to create the "PhoneLogofont" 3
* Type font with one glyph "p" (0x70). Add a glyph to the
* "PhoneLogoEncoding" encoding with the glyphname "phone" and
* the slot "p" (0x70). Output text containing the glyph by
* addressing via slot values and "PhoneLogoEncoding".
*/
/* Load the bitmap data for the glyph from the file. */
image = p.load_image("auto", logofile, "mask");
if (image == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Create the font PhoneLogofont. The matrix entries are chosen to
* create the common 1000x1000 coordinate system. These numbers are
* also used when placing the logo within the glyph box below
* (option "boxsize").
*/
p.begin_font("PhoneLogofont", 0.001, 0.0, 0.0, 0.001, 0.0, 0.0, "");
/* The .notdef (fallback) glyph should be contained in all Type 3
* fonts to avoid problems with some PDF viewers. It is usually
* empty.
*/
p.begin_glyph(".notdef", 1000, 0, 0, 0, 0);
p.end_glyph();
/* Add a Glyph with the name "phone" and width 1000 */
p.begin_glyph("phone", 1000, 0, 0, 1000, 1000);
/* Fit the image in a box similar to the dimensions of the glyph box.
*/
p.fit_image(image, 0, 0, "boxsize={1000 1000} fitmethod=auto");
p.end_glyph();
p.end_font();
p.close_image(image);
/* Assign the logo to slot 0x70 in our "PhoneLogoEncoding" encoding */
p.encoding_set_char("PhoneLogoEncoding", 0x70, "phone", 0xF000);
/* Load the new "PhoneLogofont" font with the encoding "LogoEncoding" */
logofont = p.load_font("PhoneLogofont", "PhoneLogoEncoding", "");
if (logofont == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Load the "Helvetica" font */
normalfont = p.load_font("Helvetica", "winansi", "");
if (normalfont == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Start page */
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=300 height=100");
/* Output the character "p" (0x70) of the "PhoneLogofont" font */
p.fit_textline("p", 50, 50, "font=" + logofont + " fontsize=14");
/* Output standard text */
p.fit_textline("This is the phone logo", 70, 50, "font=" + normalfont +
" fontsize=14");
/* Alternatively, we can select the logo glyph via a character
* reference which refers to the glyph name "phone". Use the
* "charref" option to enable character referencing. This requires
* a Unicode assignment for the glyph (we use a PUA value), and
* "unicode" encoding:
logofont = p.load_font("PhoneLogofont", "unicode", "");
if (logofont == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.fit_textline("&.phone;", 215, 50, "font=" + logofont +
" fontsize=14 charref");
*/
/* The third method addresses the logo glyph via its Unicode
* PUA value directly:
p.fit_textline("\uF000", 215, 50, "font=" + logofont +
" fontsize=14 charref");
*/
/* Finish page */
p.end_page_ext("");
p.end_document("");
} catch (PDFlibException e) {
System.err.print("PDFlib exception occurred:\n");
System.err.print("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
": " + e.get_errmsg() + "\n");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
} finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
}
}
}