Create a Type 3 font which contains a single logo derived from a vector based PDF page. Import vector data from a PDF file 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 vector logo font:
* Create a Type 3 font which contains a single logo derived from a vector
* based PDF page
*
* Import vector data from a PDF file 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+PDI/PPS 7
* Required data: PDF file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.fonts;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class type3_vectorlogo
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "type3_vectorlogo.pdf";
String title = "Type 3 Vector Logo Font";
pdflib p = null;
String logofile = "kraxi_logo.pdf";
int normalfont, logofont, indoc, page;
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: 1.8 $");
/* Import vector data from "kraxi_logo.pdf" to create the "Logofont"
* Type 3 font with one glyph "k" (0x6B). Add a glyph to the
* "LogoEncoding" encoding with the glyphname "kraxi" and the slot
* "k" (0x6B). Output text containing the glyph by addressing via slot
* values and "LogoEncoding".
*/
/* Load vector data from PDF file */
indoc = p.open_pdi_document(logofile, "");
if (indoc == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
page = p.open_pdi_page(indoc, 1, "");
if (page == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Create the font Logofont. 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("Logofont", 0.001, 0.0, 0.0, 0.001, 0.0, 0.0, "colorized");
/* Add a glyph with the name "kraxi" and width 1000.
* Colorized fonts do not need any bounding box, so we supply the
* values 0, 0, 0, 0.
* With colorized=false (the default) we could use 0, 0, 1000, 1000
* for the common 1000x1000 coordinate system.
*/
p.begin_glyph("kraxi", 1000, 0, 0, 0, 0);
/* Fit the contents of the PDF in a box similar to the dimensions
* of the glyph box. We place the glyph at (0, 100) in order to
* slightly move up the logo so that it better matches standard
* text.
*/
p.fit_pdi_page(page, 0, 100, "boxsize={1000 1000} fitmethod=auto");
p.end_glyph();
/* 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();
p.end_font();
p.close_pdi_page(page);
p.close_pdi_document(indoc);
/* Assign the logo to slot 0x6B in our "LogoEncoding" encoding */
p.encoding_set_char("LogoEncoding", 0x6B, "kraxi", 0);
/* Load the new "Logofont" font with the encoding "LogoEncoding" */
logofont = p.load_font("Logofont", "LogoEncoding", "");
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=200 height=100");
/* Print the character "k" (0x6B) of the "Logofont" font */
p.fit_textline("k", 10, 50, "font=" + logofont + " fontsize=14");
/* Print standard text */
p.fit_textline("This is the kraxi logo.", 30, 50, "font=" + normalfont +
" fontsize=14");
/* Alternatively, select the logo glyph via a character reference
* which refers to the glyph name "kraxi". Use the "charref" option
* to enable character referencing.
*/
p.fit_textline("&.kraxi;", 170, 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();
}
}
}
}