[PDFBOX-1705] can not Write Hebrew and Chinese word into a PDF

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Writing
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: meiyuanxun
• Created: 27/Aug/13 07:13
• Updated: 17/Mar/16 20:27
• Resolved: 12/Dec/14 21:58

Description

Can not write Hebrew or Chinese into PDF file. It shows unreadable codes. If it does not support with latest version, please comments me. Thank you.

PDDocument document = new PDDocument();
PDPage page = new PDPage();
document.addPage( page );
PDFont font = PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(document, "pdf/simkai.ttf");
PDPageContentStream contentStream = new PDPageContentStream(document, page);
contentStream.beginText();
contentStream.setFont( font, 12 );
contentStream.moveTextPositionByAmount( 100, 700 );
contentStream.drawString("中文 = Chinese");
contentStream.drawString("Hebrew= העתק");
contentStream.endText();
contentStream.close();
document.save( "pdf/Hello World.pdf");
document.close();

Issue Links

• duplicates: PDFBOX-922 True type PDFont subclass only supports WinAnsiEncoding (hardcoded!)