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type3_fonts/type3_vectorlogo

Create a Type 3 font which contains a single logo derived from a PDF page.

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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
 *
 * Required software: PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
 * Required data: PDF file
 */
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.type3_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;
        int exitcode = 0;

        try {
            p = new pdflib();
            
            p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}");

            /* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
            p.set_option("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);

            /*
             * Import vector data from "kraxi_logo.pdf" to create the "LogoFont"
             * Type 3 font with one glyph "kraxi". Output text containing
             * the glyph by addressing via character reference value by glyph
             * name and via PUA value (Unicode Private Use Area).
             */

            /* 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, "");

            /*
             * 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_ext(0x0000, "width=1000");
            p.end_glyph();

            /*
             * 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.
             * 
             * As there is no meaningful Unicode value for the logo, we let
             * PDFlib assign a PUA value. The glyph can be addressed via its
             * glyph name, or alternatively the Unicode PUA value can be
             * retrieved via info_font().
             */
            p.begin_glyph_ext(-1, "width=1000 colorized glyphname=kraxi boundingbox={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=meet");
            p.end_glyph();

            p.end_font();

            p.close_pdi_page(page);
            p.close_pdi_document(indoc);

            /* Load the new "LogoFont" font with encoding "unicode" */
            logofont = p.load_font("LogoFont", "unicode", "");
            if (logofont == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Start page */
            p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");

            /* Print the glyph "kraxi" of the "LogoFont" font */
            p.fit_textline("&.kraxi;", 100, 500, "fontname=LogoFont fontsize=24 charref");

            /* Print descriptive text */
            p.fit_textline("This is the kraxi logo.", 150, 500, "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=24");

            /*
             * Alternatively fetch the PUA value and address the glyph with
             * the PUA value.
             */
            int kraxi_pua_value = (int) p.info_font(logofont, "unicode", "glyphname=kraxi");
            String kraxi_dec_charref = "&#" + kraxi_pua_value + ";";
            p.fit_textline(kraxi_dec_charref, 425, 500, "font=" + logofont + " fontsize=24 charref");

            /* Finish page */
            p.end_page_ext("");

            p.end_document("");
        }
        catch (PDFlibException e) {
            System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:");
            System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
                ": " + e.get_errmsg());
            exitcode = 1;
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e);
            exitcode = 1;
        }
        finally {
            if (p != null) {
                p.delete();
            }
            System.exit(exitcode);
        }
    }
}