/* $Id: font_resources.java,v 1.16 2007/10/30 16:16:35 katja Exp $ * Font resources: * Configure font resources and search for fonts * * In the easiest case, load a host font on Windows or Mac which is already * installed in the system. Then, use the "SearchPath" resource category to * define the folders for your fonts to be found. In the next case, use a font * where the font file name equals the font name. If the font name and font * file name are not equal, use the "FontOutline" resource category to define * a font name to be used by PDFlib. For Type 1 fonts, use the "FontOutline" * and the "FontAFM" (or "FontPFM") resource categories to define a font name * to be used in PDFlib. With info_font() get the font name and the font file * name. * * Required software: PDFlib Lite/PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 7 * Required data: font file */ package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.fonts; import com.pdflib.pdflib; import com.pdflib.PDFlibException; public class font_resources { public static void main (String argv[]) { /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */ String searchpath = "../input"; String outfile = "font_resources.pdf"; String title = "Font Resources"; pdflib p = null; int font; String fontname; int x=20, y=260; try { p = new pdflib(); /* 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: 1.16 $"); /* Start page */ p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=300 height=300"); /* The convenient way: load a host font on Windows or Mac * which is already installed in the system. In this case no * prerequisites are required provided that you know the exact * (case-sensitive) name of the font (see the PDFlib Tutorial for * information about how to retrieve the exact name of a host font). * For example, if you installed the font "Verdana" in the system you * can load it just as follows. * (For PDFlib Lite: In all of the following p.load_font() calls change * "unicode" to "winansi".) */ /* The following will only work on Mac or Windows, provided the * font Verdana is installed in the system. font = p.load_font("Verdana", "unicode", ""); if (font == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); p.setfont(font, 10); p.fit_textline("Font file is installed in the system", x, y, ""); fontname = p.get_parameter("string", p.info_font(font, "fontname", "api")); p.fit_textline("Font name used in PDFlib: " + fontname, x, y-=20, ""); */ /* If you do not want to use a host font the location of the font files * must be provided. Use the "SearchPath" resource category to define * the folder for your fonts to be searched in. Add similar * "Searchpath" commands to define further folders if necessary. PDFlib * will first search the font in all folders defined with "Searchpath". */ p.set_parameter("SearchPath", searchpath); /* If you know the font name and the font file name (excluding the * file name extension such as ".ttf", ".otf", ".pfb" etc.) is equal * to the font name, you can simply load the font now. * In the following example a font with the name * "LuciduxSans-Oblique" is loaded from the font outline file * "LuciduxSans-Oblique.pfa". */ font = p.load_font("LuciduxSans-Oblique", "unicode", "embedding"); if (font == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); p.setfont(font, 10); p.fit_textline("Font file name: LuciduxSans-Oblique.pfa", x, y-=40, ""); fontname = p.get_parameter("string", p.info_font(font, "fontname", "api")); p.fit_textline("Font name used in PDFlib: " + fontname, x, y-=20, ""); /* If the font file name is different from the font name, use the * "FontOutline" resource category to define a font name to be used by * PDFlib. In the following example the font name "GentiumItalic" is * connected to the TrueType outline font file "GenI102.TTF" * (see http://scripts.sil.org/gentium). */ p.set_parameter("FontOutline", "GentiumItalic=GenI102.TTF"); /* Alternatively, you can supply an absolute path name such as * * p.set_parameter("FontOutline", * "GentiumItalic=/usr/fonts/GenI102.TTF"); * * In this case the font is loaded from the location defined above * without the searchpath being applied. */ /* Now you can load the font using the name "GentiumItalic". */ font = p.load_font("GentiumItalic", "unicode", ""); if (font == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); p.setfont(font, 10); p.fit_textline("Font file name: GenI102.TTF", x, y-=40, ""); fontname = p.get_parameter("string", p.info_font(font, "fontname", "api")); p.fit_textline("Font name used in PDFlib: " + fontname, x, y-=20, ""); /* In case of a PostScript Type 1 font two files are needed, the * font outline file and the font metrics file. For Type 1 fonts, use * the "FontOutline" and the "FontAFM" (or "FontPFM") resource * categories to define a font name to be used in PDFlib. In the * following example the font name "LuciduxSans" is connected * to the Type 1 outline file "lcdxsr.pfa" as well as to the Type 1 * metrics file "lcdxsr.afm". */ p.set_parameter("FontOutline", "LuciduxSans=lcdxsr.pfa"); p.set_parameter("FontAFM", "LuciduxSans=lcdxsr.afm"); /* Load the font "LuciduxSans" with embedding. */ font = p.load_font("LuciduxSans", "unicode", "embedding"); if (font == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); p.setfont(font, 10); p.fit_textline("Font file names: lcdxsr.pfa and lcdxsr.afm", x, y-=40, ""); fontname = p.get_parameter("string", p.info_font(font, "fontname", "api")); p.fit_textline("Font name used in PDFlib: " + fontname, x, y-=20, ""); /* 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(); } } } }