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type3_fonts/starter_type3font

Create a simple Type 3 font from vector data.

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/*
 * Type 3 font starter:
 * Create a simple Type 3 font from vector data
 *
 * Define a type 3 font with the glyphs "l" and "space" and output text with
 * that font. In addition the glyph ".notdef" is defined which any undefined
 * character will be mapped to.
 *
 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9
 * Required data: none
 */
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.type3_fonts;

import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;

public class starter_type3font {
    public static void main(String argv[]) {
        /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
        String searchpath = "../input";
        String outfile = "starter_type3font.pdf";
        String title = "Starter Type 3 Font";
        pdflib p = null;
        int font;
        double x, y;
        int exitcode = 0;

        try {
            p = new pdflib();

            /*
             * Set errorpolicy to return, this means we must check return
             * values of load_font() etc.
             * Set the search path for fonts and images etc.
             */
            p.set_option("errorpolicy=return SearchPath={" + searchpath + "}");

            if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib starter sample");
            p.set_info("Title", title);

            /*
             * Create the font "SimpleFont" containing the glyph "l", the glyph
             * "space" for spaces and the glyph ".notdef" for any undefined
             * character
             */
            p.begin_font("SimpleFont", 0.001, 0.0, 0.0, 0.001, 0.0, 0.0, "");
            /* glyph for .notdef */
            p.begin_glyph_ext(0x0000, "width=266");
            p.end_glyph();

            /* glyph for U+0020 space */
            p.begin_glyph_ext(0x0020, "width=266");
            p.end_glyph();

            /* glyph for U+006C "l" */
            p.begin_glyph_ext(0x006C, "width=266 boundingbox={0 0 266 570}");
            p.setlinewidth(20);
            x = 197;
            y = 10;
            p.moveto(x, y);
            y += 530;
            p.lineto(x, y);
            x -= 64;
            p.lineto(x, y);
            y -= 530;
            p.moveto(x, y);
            x += 128;
            p.lineto(x, y);

            p.stroke();
            p.end_glyph();

            p.end_font();

            /* Start page */
            p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=300 height=200");

            /* Load the new "SimpleFont" font */
            font = p.load_font("SimpleFont", "unicode", "");

            if (font == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /*
             * Output the characters "l" and "space" of the "SimpleFont" font.
             * The character "x" is undefined and will be mapped to ".notdef"
             */
            p.fit_textline("lll lllxlll", 100, 100, "font=" + font
                    + " fontsize=40");

            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);
        }
    }
}