problem with unicodes in itext

[srmo642002]

hi,,
i use itext2.0.1 and seam 1.2.1
when i try to generate a pdf with unicode characters (farsi or arabic) seam dont generate these characters.
when a document contains both farsi and english characters, seam only generate a pdf with english characters
what i do ?

[fzaker]

I have the same problem.
According to "itext in action", for using arabic language in pdf,

Arabic glyphs are written as double byte chars.
Your encoding should be BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, and you should be using a unicode font.

How should we do these in seam pdf?

[rmemoria]

Hi,

I have this same problem, but with Romanian language, that already has chars like ? and ? that are not displayed in the PDF.

Any solution for that?

Regards,
Ricardo

[srmo642002]

you must manipulate UIFont class locatet in org.jboss.seam.pdf.ui;

private BaseFont getFont(String familyName) {
 try {
 return BaseFont.createFont("c:/windows/fonts/" + familyName + ".ttf",
 BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 try {
 return BaseFont.createFont("d:/windows/fonts/" + familyName + ".ttf",
 BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
 } catch (Exception e1) {
 e1.printStackTrace();
 }
 }
 return null;
 }

 @Override
 public void createITextObject(FacesContext context) {
 familyName = (String) getAttributes().get("familyName");
 if (familyName == null || familyName.equals(""))
 familyName = "nazanin";
 //int family = (familyName==null) ? Font.UNDEFINED : Font.getFamilyIndex(familyName);
 size = (Integer) valueBinding(context, "size", size);

 font = new Font(getFont(familyName), size);
 font.getBaseFont().correctArabicAdvance();

 style = (String) valueBinding(context, "style", style);
 if (style != null) {
 font.setStyle(style);
 }
 }